The Evil Queen / Regina Mills – Character Quotes

— All due respect, Madame Mayor, the fact that you have now threatened me twice in the last 12 hours makes me want to stay more.
— Since when were apples a threat?
— I can read between the lines.

— I already lost Henry. I already lost the only thing I care about.
— That doesn't mean you won't find a new reason. We all get a second chance, Regina. You just have to open your eyes to see it.

Mermaid: — Let me go.
Regina Mills: — Not until you tell us. Or we make you tell us.
Mary Margaret: — Threatening her isn't the way to motivate her.
Regina Mills: — Well, I'm all out of fish food.

— Where I come from, a simple "thank you" would suffice.
— Where you come from, people bathe in the river and use pine cones for money.

— Who's idea was that?
— Oh, I thought I would put my own personal touch on the office.
— Well, you've succeeded. Hideously.

— How did it feel?
— Watching the curse cloud form? Felt like victory.
— How did it feel to kill the thing you love most? Ripping the heart out of your father. How did that feel?
— It was the price of the curse. How it felt doesn't matter. He would've understood.

— 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.

– I want a baby. Will you help me, Mr. Gold?
– I'm flattered, but I guess I passed.
– That's not what we're talking about!

Now we can focus on being haunted by our impending lack of a future.

— She's a valuable chess piece.
— Do I look like I'm playing a game of chess?

— But we can't let Henry wander around alone with that witch and her flying monkeys out there.
— Well, especially since one of those flying monkeys could turn out to be his father.

— Greg Mendell said something funny to me. He said I'm a villain, and that villains don't get happy endings. You believe that?
— I hope not. Or we've wasted our lives.

— What the hell did I ever do to you?
— Isn't it obvious? You were born.