— I know what I'm fighting for... my family. What are you fighting for?
— Myself. That's plenty of motivation, I can assure you.
It taught me that there can be this genuine, selfless connection between people, even strangers.
Conjuring magic is not an intellectual endeavor. It's emotion.
— 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.
Now it belongs to me. You see, when you take a heart, it becomes enchanted. Stronger than a normal heart. You're not hurting the beast. You're controlling it.
Disappointment's just part of life.
If you can't let go of the past, Regina, it's doomed to haunt you.