Cora quotes from Once Upon a Time

Cora

You don't know what you want. But I do. I didn't make the sacrifices I did in life to get you to the cusp of greatness so that you could end up the wife of a stable boy.

Cora

I'm the Queen of Hearts, do you really think I'd be so careless as to keep my heart where everyone else does?

Cora

It may take some work, but this cricket will chirp.

Cora

[speaking to Queen Eva's corpse] You raised her well. My daughter doesn't love me the way yours does you. Snow would've been a great ruler someday, but that'll never happen because my daughter will be queen. And all yours will be left with is knowing how I've felt... how it feels to be the miller's daughter. I'll turn Snow White's heart black as coal. That candle won't be her final test. And once I've darkened her soul, it won't just be you I've destroyed. It'll be your legacy.

Cora

[after Regina returns her now-cursed heart into her chest] This would have been enough. You... you would have been enough.

Hook

What's our port of destination?

Cora

Storybrooke.

Hook

Curious name. Is that where...?

Cora

She is. And so is he.

Hook

Excellent. You'll be able to see your daughter. And I can skin myself a crocodile.

Cora

[after learning Hook failed to acquire the compass] Who was it who bested you?

Hook

The Swan girl. Emma. Rest assured it won't happen again.

Cora

No, it won't. You chose her... and the consequences of that decision.

You're just a miller's daughter.

Cora

I am so much more.

Hades

Did you hear that, Cora?

Cora

The music? Yes. But I've never been very fond of the violin.

Hades

I wouldn't expect a miller's daughter to appreciate a virtuoso like Paganini, but– No, I didn't mean the music. I was talking about the clock.