Emma Swan – Character Quotes

The truth is tricky.

— And what's your skill, "savior"?
— I'm a mother, and now I'm also your leader. So either help me get my son back or get out of the way.

— Which way?
— Right.
— Is this a locator spell? Shouldn't we be following some, like, floaty object or something?
— Oh, now you're a magic expert. There are many enchantments you have yet to be exposed to.

— I heard it the other way.
— Because the victors get to tell the story.

— Ah, but you don't want to abandon him the way you were abandoned.
— Was I?
— Like I said, an open book.
— How would you know that?
— I spent many years in Neverland, home of the lost boys. They all share the same look in their eyes... the look you get when you've been left alone.
— Yeah, well, my world ain't Neverland.
— But an orphan's an orphan.

— Oh. Henry, this is David and Mary Margaret.
— Are you helping my mom with the case? Or are they the ones who jumped bail?
— Oh, no, they are... they're just... old friends.
— Friends? From where?
— Phoenix.
— Here.
— Well, Phoenix... and then... here.
— But I thought you were only in Phoenix for... being in that place.
— Right. We were cell mates.
— Really? What were you in for?
— Banditry. People make mistakes. The important thing is... to find a way to keep moving on.

— You hear that, too? You're Emma, right? I wonder why they can't hear the crying.
— Who are you?
— Oh, did I forget to introduce myself? I'm Peter. Peter Pan.

— Here it is, your star map.
— It's not a star map. It's... what we're gonna use to trap Pan's shadow.
— A coconut? Are you daft?
— You came to Neverland on a pirate ship through a portal. You draw the line at a magic coconut?

— You have your mother's chin, Ms. Swan.
— We know that you killed him.
— And your father's tact.

I cannot tell you the relief of cooking something that I didn't have to kill first.

— You ever thought about going back?
— Back where?
— Home. Where we're from.
— Uh... I spend most of my life trying to forget that place.