"I am a difficult man to love."
Always nice to make an impression... Where are
my manners? We haven't been properly introduced.
Rumplestiltskin - or as others know me, the Dark One.
I am not a cruel man. Get your affairs in order. Also, you
can spend tonight knowing... it'll be your last.
Killing me is gonna take a lot more than that, dearie.
Look, uh... Can I ask you a question? A-about you and
Mary Margaret. H-how... How does that work?
I'm still a coward. Magic has become a crutch, that I
can't walk without. And even if I could, I now know I
can never leave this place.
Careful Deary. That's the oldest heart in all the realms. Let's
cut it open and count the rings.
Belle, I want you to know that I am sorry for everything. If I had
to do it all again, I would make sure I was the man you deserved
from the very start. I would change everything for you.
My power extends far beyond Raman noodles.
Cruella! I thought I caught a whiff of desperation and gin.
Just remember love is free but all magic comes with a price.
But I'm a villain and villain's don't get happy endings.
Never underestimate the power of a guilty conscience.
It's a sad truth that the people closest to us are the ones capable of
causing us the most pain.
Magic can do much but not that. Dead is dead.
You feed the madness and it feeds on you.
I'm certainly not here for the over priced lasagne.
I'm not walking in there with nothing but my good looks.
Not a very pretty name is it?
Sounds like something breaking.
So glad I don't give a damn.
I'm flattered, but uninterested.
What the hell am I doing here?
“A boy would be born with great light magic. A child known as the Savior”
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Because no one, no one could ever love me.
Oh dear. Oh dearie dear dear.