SEASON 1
Episode 1: Pilot
You found me. - Snow White
- ...You never have to worry. I will always find you. - Prince Charming
I shall destroy your happinness, if it's the last thing I do. - Evil Queen
There's no point. The future is written. - Snow White
- No, I refuse to believe that. Good can't just lose. - Prince David
What do you think stories are for? ...they're way for us to deal with our world, though, they don't always make sense. - MM
I gave the book to him because I wanted Henry to have the most important thing anyone can have: hope. Believing in even the possibility of a happy ending is a very powerful thing. - MM
I know why you gave me away. You wanted to give me my best chance. - Henry
- ...You're right about one thing, though, I wanted you to have your best chance, but it's not with me. - Emma
Episode 2: The Thing You Love Most
All power comes with a price!- Maleficent
Revenge is a dark and lonely road. Once you go down it, there's no heading back - Henry, Evil Queen's father
- What is there for me to head back to? - EQ
How far are you willing to go? - Rumpelstiltskin
- As far as it takes. - EQ
Her very existence mocks me! - EQ
- If the price is a hole that will never be filled, why do it? - Henry, EQ's father
Power is seductive but so is love. - Henry, EQ Father
I think the very fact that you want to leave is why you have to stay; you care about him. - MM
There is one simple reason I stayed here: you. I wanted to get to know you. - Emma to Henry
It is a lot to ask anyone to believe in. But there are a lot of crazy things in this world so what do I know? Maybe it is true. - Emma swan
Episode 3: Snow Falls
No matter what you do, I will always find you. - Prince Charming
Not having a happy ending is painful enough but giving someone unrealistic hope is far worse. - Emma
You, you saved me. - Snow and Prince Charming
- It's the honorable thing to do. - Prince Charming and Snow
...not having someone...well, that's the worst curse imaginable. - Regina
Episode 4: The Price of Gold
All magic comes at a price. - Rumpelstiltskin
In order for something to grow, Miss Swan, it needs roots and you... dont have any. People don't change. They only fool themselves into believing they can. - Regina
No one thinks that I can do this. No one thinks I can do anything. Maybe, they're right. - Ashley
- Screw them! - Emma
But ultimately whatever you're considering doing or giving up, the choice is yours. - Emma
People are gonna tell you who you are your whole life. You just gotta punch back and say, 'no, this is who I am'. You want people to look at you differently? make them! You wanna change things? You gonna have to go out there and change them yourselves because there are no fairygodmothers in this world. - Emma
All I did was get married. - Cinderella
- All you did was show that anyone can change her life. - Snow
You see, contracts, deals, well they're the very foundation of all civilized existence. - Mr. Gold
Episode 5: That Still Small Voice
Good is another word for weak. - Jiminy's father
We steal from them and they steal from someone else. -
- It's called an economy. - Jimmy's Mother
Or what? you'll ruin my life? You'll do your worst? Because I will always do my best. - Dr. Hopper
Episode 6: The Shepherd
But generally speaking, if you think something you wanna do is wrong...it probably is. - Emma
As poor as we are, love is something I can afford. - James
Oh, everyone has a choice, dearie. Just make sure it's the right one.- Rumpel
The right thing to do was not to lead me on! - MM
Sometimes it's easier to talk to someone when you don't give a crap what they think. - Doctor
Have you ever walked in a situation where you know exactly what's going to happen? and then you go in to it anyway. And then when what you're afraid of happens, you kick yourself because you should've known better. But that's just who you are, so you keep punishing yourself. - MM
- No. - Doctor
Episode 7: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
There's nothing wrong with being cautious. - Emma
- Oh true, true, but, Emma, that wall of yours...it may keep out pain but it may also keep out love - MM
They say that dreams...dreams are memories, memories of another life. - Mr. Gold
I don't know why I let myself get caught up with her - Graham
- Because it was easy...and safe. - Emma
Episode 8: Desperate Souls
That's the thing about children, before you know it, you lose them. - Mr. Gold
Good loses. Good always loses because good has to play fair. Evil doesn't. - Henry
Two people with a common goal can accomplish many things. Two people with a common enemy can accomplish even more. - Mr. Gold
We all lose out heroes at some point. - Regina
I know how to recognize a desperate soul. - Dark One
You didn't pick a great friend in Mr. Gold, Miss Swan, but he does make a superlative enemy. Enjoy that! - Regina
Episode 9: True North
Just a name. But I generally find that's all one needs.- Gold
The truth can be painful, Emma, but it can also be cathartic. - MM
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 refused me? - EQ
- Because we're a family, and family always finds one another. - Hansel and Gretel's father
I don't know. I don't think giving up might be the best plan. I think I need to let go. - Emma
Hey, I didn't catch your name! - Emma
- That's cause I didn't give it. - August
Episode 10: 7:15 A.M.
I can't get him out of my head...I wish there is a magic cure. - MM
What can I do for you? - Rumpel
- I need a cure... a broken heart. - Snow
- Aah, the most painful of afflictions. - Rumpel
Love makes us sick, haunts our dreams, destroys our days. Love has killed more than any disease. - Rumpel
Being around you is too painful. -MM
Love is a disease, and like all diseases, it can be vanquished in one of two ways: a cure or death. - King George
...it'll break his heart and that will cure him. - King George
What if your pain could be erased? - Snow
- I don't want my pain erased; as wretched as it is, I need my pain. It makes me who I am. It makes me Grumpy. - Grumpy
Episode 11: Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
Don't let your feelings cloud your judgment. - Regina
Sometimes doing a bad thing for a good reason is okay, right? - Sidney
Love makes people do foolish things. - King
Be careful. Emotional entanglements could lead us down very dangerous paths. - Mr. Gold
I don't know what I'll do without you. - EQ
- You would never have to find out. - Genie
Well, if you can't beat her, drink. - Sidney
Episode 12: Skin Deep
Oh well, I'm a difficult man to love. - Gold
Let's just say, bad things tend to happen to bad people. - Gold
- Is that a threat? - Emma
- Observation. - Gold
I like to watch the wheel, helps me forget. - Rumpel
- Forget what? - Belle
- I guess it worked. - Rumpel
I always wanted to be brave. I figured: do the brave thing and bravery will follow. - Belle
To me, love is layered. Love is a mystery to be uncovered, I could never truly give my heart to someone as superficial as he. - Belle
Love. It's like a delicate flame. And once it's gone, it's gone forever. - Gold
True love's kiss will break any curse. - EQ
What's the point of being together if we're not together? - Ashley
- I get it. Loving someone you can't be with. It's a terrible terrible burden. - MM
I always thought that if two people were supposed to be together, they'd find a way. But David, if this is our way, I think we should find another one. - MM
You are freeing yourself! You could have had happiness if you just believed that someone could want you. But you couldn't take the chance. - Belle
All you'll have is an empty heart and a chipped cup. - Belle
Episode 13: What Happened to Frederick
Maybe we've been fighting too hard to recapture old memories when we should have been making new ones instead. - Kathryn
We all have our own tragedies. Lost love being the worst. - Princess
Water is a very powerful thing. Cultures as old as time have worshipped it. It flows throughout all lands connecting the entire world. If anything had mystical properties, if anything have magic, well I say it would be water. - August
True love isn't easy, but it must be fought for. Because once you find it, it can never be replaced. - Prince Charming
Some people will stop at nothing to destroy the happiness of others. - Princess
Episode 14: Dreamy
You can do anything as long as you can dream it. - Dreamy/Grumpy
I've had my heart broken enough to know when somebody's reaching out. - Belle
Isn't that what life's about? Holding on to your good memories? - Grumpy
You control what changes in your life. Never let your self forget, you're special. - Nova
I don't think it's love. It's a dream. We need to put it away. - Grumpy
- I don't wanna put it away! - Nova
- I'm not your dream, Nova. - Grumpy
I cant stand in the way of your happiness. - Grumpy
- You are my happiness! - Nova
Episode 15: Red-Handed
I'm staying with you. I'll stay with you all night, and for all the nights to come. - Red
- You'll do that for me? - Peter
- I'll do anything for you. - Red
I said that you wanted me to turn in to you. But what I meant was I don't know how to be you. You're a tough act to follow. - Red
Episode 16: Heart of Darkness
She is a woman whose had her heart broken and that can make you do unspeakable things. - Regina
There are some people, like you and me, we can go on faith; but others, like Emma, they need proof. - AWB
But I've always believed that evil isn't born, it's made. - Evil Queen
Evil doesn't always look evil. Sometimes, it's staring right at us and we don't even realize it. - Regina
As I recall, you don't exactly approve of my methods. - Mr. Gold
- I approve of your results. - Emma
- ...And you're willing to go as far as it takes? - Mr. Gold
- Farther. - Emma
- Now we're talking. - Mr. Gold
Episode 17: Hat Trick
Perhaps you're the one that's mad. - Jefferson
- Really? - Emma
- What's crazier than seeing without believing? - Jefferson
History books are based on history. - Emma
- Story books are based on what? Imagination? Where does that come from? It has to come from somewhere. You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants a magical solution for their problem and everyone refuses to believe in magic. Now get it to work!- Jefferson
Here's the thing, Jefferson. This is it! This is the real world. - Emma
- 'A' real world. How arrogant are you to think yours is the only one... - Jefferson
Episode 18: The Stable Boy
Why can't I just be myself? - Regina
- Oh, because you can be so much more. - Cora
Perception is everything,not just in the courtroom but in life. - Mr. Gold
Love, true love is magic, not just any magic, the most powerful magic of all. It creates happiness. - Regina
You know when I get struck by a (writer's) block? I usually reread what I've done rather than plow ahead blindly.- AWB
Love is weakness, Regina. It feels real now, at the start, it always does. But it's an illusion. It fades. And then you're left with nothing but power. True power endures, and then you don't have to rely anyone to get what you want. - Cora
Sometimes it's hard to see what's right in front of us. - AWB
Episode 19: The Return
Sometimes, other priorities assert themselves. - AWB
The intent was perfectly clear. - Regina
- Oh, let's not talk about intent! Intent is meaningless. - Mr. Gold
- Intent is everything. - Regina
You know what we had...it wasn't 'it' for you, maybe for both of us. I can't blame you for just being the first one to see it. - Kathryn
- You are, ah...kind of amazing. - David
Are you proposing on working with Regina or against her? - Gold
- I don't know, maybe, diagonally. - Emma
He goes by August. He's a writer - typewriter wrapped in an enigma wrapped in stubble. - Emma
Are you really that unhappy, Bae? I can conjure anything you desire. Name it! What do you want? - Rumpelstiltskin
- I want my father. - Baelfire
- All I want is your happiness, Bae. If you find a way, I'll do it. - Rumpelstiltskin
- Good... (shake hands) the deal is struck. - Baelfire
Can you do it? Can you leave everything here behind for the unknown? - Blue Fairy
- If it means I'll get my father back, then yes. - Baelfire
- You're a very good son, Baelfire. You are the part of him that keeps him human. That little light inside of him that still glows, that's his love for you. - Blue Fairy
When I looked at you and I saw that you didn't believe me... - MM
- I know. I am so sorry. - David
- I know...I know. - MM
- But I love you. - David
- And that...is what makes it all so sad. - MM
Anger between a parent and a child is the most natural thing in the world. - Dr. Hopper
I let him go. I've spent my entire life since trying to fix it and now he's finally here, I just don't know what to do. - Gold
- Be honest. Just tell him what you told me and ask him for forgiveness. And when you're face-to-face, you'll know what to do. - Dr. Hopper
- Honesty has never been the best color of me. - Gold
- There's no other way. - Dr. Hopper
Papa please! It's the only way we can be together. Papa please! - Baelfire
I can't! - Rumperlstiltskin
You coward! You promised! You break our deal! - Baelfire
You were always right. I was a coward and I never should've let you go. I know it's little consolation but I just want you to know that ever since you left, ever since you crossed the barriers of time and space, in every waking moment, I've been looking for you. And now that I've finally found you, I know I can't make up for the past, for the lost time. All I can do is to ask you to do what you've always done and that's to be the bigger man. And forgive me. I'm so sorry son. I'm so sorry, Bae...my boy, my beautiful boy, can you truly truly forgive me? - Gold
You took my son but I will get him back. - Rumpelstiltsin
- I didn't take your son. - Blue Fairy
- You took my son and I will get him back! - Rumpelstiltsin
- You drove him away. - Blue Fairy
Episode 20: The Stranger
-Remember, Pinocchio, be brave, truthful, and unselfish, so long as you do that, you will always remain a real boy. - Blue Fairy
But I forgive you, even if you can't admit what you did, I forgive you anyway. Your life must be filled with such incredible loneliness if your only joy comes from destroying everyone else's happiness. It's so sad, Mayor Mills, because despite what you think, it won't make you happy. It's only going to leave a giant hole in your heart. - MM
No matter what you do, Snow White will have her happy ending. She and Prince Charming will be together. The curse will end. Good will win. - Henry
Sometimes, we have to lie to protect the people we love. - Geppetto
Your denial is more powerful than I thought. It's preventing you from seeing the truth. - AWB
You're our only hope. - AWB
- Then you're all screwed. - Emma
Episode 21: An Apple Red As Blood
Losing my life for love, that's a sacrifice I am happy to make. - Prince Charming
Whatever she did to you, leave her alone and take my life instead. - Prince Charming
Why should I trust you now? - Jefferson
- You shouldn't. But it's the only offer you've got. - Regina
She doesn't want to see so she doesn't. - AWB
You might not believe in the curse, or in me, but I believe in you. - Henry
Episode 22: A Land Without Magic
I gave up my heart so that the Queen would spare Snow's. Don't let my sacrifice be in vain. Find her. - Huntsman
I was wrong... about you, about me, about everything. I didn't believe in you. And I wish I had a good reason why. But it's like I keep making this wrong decisions and I don't understand why they keep happening. You know, ever since I woke up in that coma, my life hasn't made a lick sense, except for you. What I'm feeling, it's love, Mary Margaret. - David
What do you know (about) true love - Prince Charming
- Well, not so much as you perhaps, but not so little as you might think. - Rumpelstiltskin
- You? You love someone? - David
- It was a brief flicker of light amidst the notion of darkness. - Rumpelstiltkin
That's the thing about true love, dearie. It can slip through your fingers. It's the most powerful magic in the world. The only magic powerful enough to break any curse. It must be protected at all cost. - Rumpelstiltskin
I saved some for a rainy day. - Mr. Gold
- Well, it's storming like a bitch. - Emma
Henry, when I gave you this book, it was because I knew...I know life doesn't always have a happy ending but I thought... - MM
I'm a fan of true love, dearie, and more importantly...what it creates. - Rumpelstiltskin
Will you marry me? - Prince Charming
- What do you think? - Snow White
Magic is coming. - Gold
- Why? - Belle
- Why? because magic is power. - Gold
SEASON 2
Episode 1: Broken
But if we haven't sent you away, you would have been cursed too. - Snow
- But we would've been together. Which curse is worse? - Emma
Deny it all you want! I l know love when I see it. - Sleeping Beauty
- You're wrong. - Mulan
You toyed with words like you do with people. You're still a man who makes wrong choice. - Belle
You must leave because despite what you hope, I'm still a monster. - Rumpelstiltskin
- Don't you see? It's exactly the reason I have to stay - Belle
Episode 2: We Are Both
Power is freedom. - Cora
Look, I get wanting to leave here... I do. And I get that it's easier to let go of bad memories but ... even bad memories are part of us. - Charming
How did it feel to use magic? - Rumpelstiltskin
- It doesn't matter, I'll never use it again. - EQ
- Why not? - Rumpelstiltskin
- Because I loved it! - EQ
- You discovered who you are! You can do so much now "if you let me show you how..." - Rumpelstiltskin
I shouldn't have brought you here...That was... I don't know how to love very well... - Regina/ EQ
But I know, I remember... that if you hold on to someone too hard... that doesn't make them love you - Regina/EQ
Episode 3: Lady of the Lake
It's dangerous to confuse vengeance with justice. - Mulan, Once Upon A Time
Family is everything, my dear. Losing all hope of having one...there is no greater misery. - King George
I've been left too. Anyting is better than nothing. She'll spend her whole life wondering why you left her. Not knowing is the worst. - - Henry
That's what parents do. They put their children first. Someday, you will understand. - Prince charming's mother
Episode 4: The Crocodile
You don't need power, Rumpel. You need courage...to let me in. - Belle
A man unwilling to fight for what he wants deserves what he gets - Hook
Well, I don't lie. - Rumpelstiltskin
- There is a difference between literal truth and honesty of the heart. Nothing taught me that more than this curse. - Charming
You let him go. - Rumpelstiltskin
- I let my misery cloud my judgment. - Milah
- Why were you so miserable? - Rumpelstiltskin
- Because I never loved you! - Milah
You may be more powerful now, demon, but you're no less than a coward. - Hook
We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth - Rumpelstiltskin
I came because you're right about me. I am a coward. I have been my entire life. I tried to make up for it by collecting power. The power became so important that I couldn't let go... - Rumpelstiltskin
Because I'm still a coward. Magic has become a crutch that I can't walk without. - Rumpelstiltskin
I have lost so much that I love. I didn't want to lose you again without you knowing everything. Goodbye, Belle. - Rumpelstiltskin
Do you, uhm. Have you ever had a hamburger? - Belle
Yes, of course. - Rumpelstiltskin
Well, I haven't. But I hear that Granny's makes some great one. Maybe, we can try it sometimes. - Belle
I would like that. - Rumpelstiltskin
Episode 5: The Doctor
It's just that...magic is the way I've always gotten everything - Regina
- It sounds like, it's also the way you've lost everything - Dr. Hopper
Nothing is innocent. - Rumpelstitlskin
So long as you live in the past, you'll never find your future. - Rumpelstitlskin
Let me go. - Daniel
- No, no, I won't lose you again. Without you, I'm lost. - Regina
- Daniel, Daniel, come back to me. - Regina
- I can't. - Daniel
- But I love you. - Regina
- Then love again. - Daniel
Episode 6: Tallahassee
This is about us getting home to our loved ones... - Snow
- I have no loved ones. If I fail, you can still go on. - Aurora
I've spent many years in Neverland, home of the losy boys. They all share the same look in their eyes. The look you got when you've been left alone. - Hook
- Oh well, my world ain't Neverland. - Emma
- An orphan's an orphan - Hook
Are you sure? This is...what you really want? - Emma
- All I really want is you. - Neal
Because the victors get to tell the story. - Giant
Episode 7: Child of the Moon
And once one controls something, one no longer need fear it. - Gold
I didn't lose my family today, I protected it. - Red
- Thank you. - Snow
- My mother wanted me to choose between being a wolf and being a human. Granny did too. You were the only person whoever thought it was okay for me to be both. - Red
- Because that's who you are. - Snow
Episode 8: Into the Deep
I'm done reading about heroes. I wanna be one. - Henry
- Sometimes being one is knowing when not to run into the fire. - David
I'm not as stupid as you think nor my loyalty so easily bought! You can bring me a hundred meals and make me a hundred promises but I will never help you! - Aurora
We could spend all day trying to figure out why each of us should feel guilty but it will not help us get home. - Snow
I had to see you. - Charming
- You're in a sleeping curse. - Snow
- It was worth it. - Charming
Episode 9: Queen of Hearts
After you killed Daniel, you told me something I've never forgot: love is weakness. Mother, you are my weakness because I love you. That's why I couldn't risk taking you to the new land with me. Your grip on my heart is just too strong. With what I need to do, I can't have any weakness. - Evil Queen
Oh, you foolish girl, don't you know? Love is weakness. - Cora
No, it's strength. - Emma