Once Upon a Time (TV Series)

Queen of Hearts (2012)

Barbara Hershey: Cora Mills

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Quotes 

• [as Emma saves Mary Margaret from Cora, her own heart becomes the target of Cora's deadly grip] 

  Cora : Oh, you foolish girl! Don't you know? Love is weakness.

  [she tries to rip Emma's heart out, but for some reason can't make it happen] 

  Emma Swan : No. It's strength!

  [Cora is blasted away by some magical force] 

• [the Queen of Hearts is whispering something to her knave] 

  Knave of Hearts : The Queen wants to know why you've come to Wonderland.

  Captain Hook : I'm in search of someone. In her native land, she goes by Cora.

  Cora/Queen of Hearts : [removes her mask]  In this land, she goes by "Your Majesty"!

• Captain Hook : Well, what shall you have me do?

  Cora/Queen of Hearts : Get me close to my daughter. And then I'll rip her heart out.

• [Hook has tried to rip out Cora's heart, but to no avail] 

  Cora/Queen of Hearts : I'm the Queen of Hearts. Do you really think I'd be so careless as to keep my heart where everyone else does? *This*...

  [her turn to grab Hook's heart] 

  Cora/Queen of Hearts : ...is how it's done.

• Captain Hook : Wouldn't it have been easier to reconcile with her before her curse destroys the land?

  Cora : Regina doesn't need me not now, not when she thinks she's about to win. But I still have a place in her heart. And the curse won't last forever. It will end. In 28 years, there'll be a savior, and she'll break it.

  [Hook gives her a look] 

  Cora : You won't even notice. You'll be frozen, like all those in this corner of the land. But when the curse ends, and our quest will resume, and when it does, Regina will truly have lost everything, and *then* she'll need me.

• Cora/Queen of Hearts : You're now going to tell me everything and do exactly what I want. Because when you hold a heart, you control it. You have the power.

• Cora : Forgive us. We'd love to stay, but Storybrooke awaits.