Emma Swan

Not feeling anything's an attractive option when what you feel sucks.

It never is. 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 want to change things? You're gonna have to go out there and change them yourself because there are no fairy godmothers in this world.

— Stories. Stories? What's a story? When you were in high school, did you learn about the civil war?
— Yeah, of course.
— How? Did you read about it, perchance, in a book? How is that any less real than any other book?
— History books are based on history.
— And storybooks are based on what, imagination? Where does that come from? It has to come from somewhere.

— I should have brought the champagne.
— What?
— And because we've got the world's largest ice bucket.
— Second date? Did I miss the first?

Home is the place when you leave you just miss it. So, yeah, I'm gonna keep running until I feel that.

— Just because you believe something doesn't make it true.
— That's exactly what makes it true.

— Have you ever seen an ogre?
— Pretty sure I've dated a few.

— The eagle is in the nest, and the package is secure.
— Henry. I left the code book at home.
— She's getting in the shower and the keys are under the mat.

Okay, I get it... every town needs a village idiot...

I'm a real person. And I'm no savior. You were right about one thing, though. I wanted you to have your best chance. But it's not with me.