Once Upon a Time quotes

'Good' is another word for 'weak'.

You are who you are, and there's no changing it, Jiminy.

Charming

I don't have a choice, do I?

Rumplestiltskin

Everyone has a choice, dearie. Just make sure it's the right one.

Rough day?

Mary Margaret

I don't feel like talking.

Come on. Sometimes it's easier to talk to someone when you don't give a crap what they think.

Mary Margaret

You ever walk into a situation where you know exactly what's going to happen, and then you go into it anyway and then when what you're afraid of happens, you kick yourself because you should have known better. But that's just who you are... so you keep punishing yourself.

[while watching Graham throw darts] Nice shot, Chief. I bet you twenty bucks you can't do it again.

Graham

[to Ruby] Next round's on him.

Evil Queen

I always felt there were two kinds of people. Wolves and sheep. Those who kill, and those who get killed. And you, Huntsman... you are most certainly a wolf.

Graham

I don't feel anything, Regina...I'd rather have nothing than settle for less. Nothing is better than what we have. I need to feel something, Regina, and the only way to do that is to give myself a chance.

Emma

Did you ever stop to think that maybe the problem isn't with me, but with you?

Regina

Excuse me?

Emma

Henry came and found me. Graham kissed me. Both were miserable. Maybe, Madam Mayor, you need to take a good hard look in the mirror and ask yourself why that is. Why is everyone running away from you?

Mr. Gold

Two people with a common goal can do many things. Two people with a common enemy can do even more.

Emma

This is a juvie record! It was sealed by court order. I don't know how you got it, but that's abuse of power and illegal!

Regina

Oh, I'm sorry you didn't want people to know you cut his cord with a shiv?

Emma

I want to show him that good can actually win.

Mary Margaret

That's why you want to win it for him, but why do you want to win the election for yourself?

Emma

That is why. I want to show him that a hero can win, and if I'm not a hero and I'm not the savior, then what part do I have in his life?

My life was such a burden. You'll see. Magic always comes with a price. And now, it's yours to pay.

Rumplestiltskin

Why me? Why me?

I know how to recognize a desperate soul.

Emma

[after learning Mr. Gold planned everything that transpired during the election] Why did you do this?

Mr. Gold

We made a deal sometime back, Miss Swan. We established that you owed me a favor. I know that can be a bad feeling. Owing someone. Now that you're sheriff, I'm sure we'll find some way for you to pay back what you owe me.

Emma

I know it's a lot. Believe me, I know. A month ago a kid shows up on my doorstep, a kid I gave up for adoption, asking for help with something. I end up moving here, for him.

I heard about that. It's the mayor's son. Staying in town. That's a lot different than taking him in.

Emma

I don't have my kid because I don't have a choice. You do. Those kids did not ask to be brought into this world. You brought them into this world. You and their mother and they need you. If you choose not to take them, you are going to have to answer for that every day of your life. And sooner or later, when they find you, and believe me they will find you, you're going to have to answer to them.

Evil Queen

I offered your children everything, whatever their hearts desired, and they still chose uncertainty because of their blind faith in you. Tell me why. Why did your children refuse me?

Because we're a family, and family always finds one another.