Once Upon a Time (TV Series)

The Stranger (2012)

Tony Amendola: Geppetto, Marco

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Quotes 

• August W. Booth : How would you feel about... taking on an assistant?

  Geppetto : I can't pay you.

  August W. Booth : That's OK. I just feel like fixing things.

• [the blue fairy has asked Geppetto to build a special wardrobe to protect Prince Charming and pregnant Snow White from the curse] 

  Geppetto : I will build your wardrobe... on one condition! If Pinocchio can take the second spot in it.

  Jiminy Cricket : You can't bargain like this! Not when the entire realm is in danger!

  Geppetto : If I don't, I will lose my boy. Maybe forever. I c... I can't risk that. Snow can raise the child without her husband.

  Jiminy Cricket : Geppetto, think about the example you're setting for Pinocchio.

  Geppetto : Oh!

  [brushes Jiminy Cricket off his shoulder] 

  Geppetto : You may be a conscience, but you have not earned the right to tell me what to do!

  Jiminy Cricket : Please, I'm only trying to help.

  Geppetto : Help? Help like you helped my parents? Your debt to me can never be fulfilled.

• Pinocchio : I don't understand, Father, she said...

  Geppetto : I don't care what she said. All that matters is you are safe.

  Pinocchio : But you told me to be honest, Father. You told me not to lie.

  Geppetto : Sometimes we have to lie to protect the people we love.

• [August has helped Geppetto fix a cuckoo clock] 

  Geppetto : Who taught you that?

  August W. Booth : My father.

  Geppetto : He taught you well. He must be very proud.

  August W. Booth : I don't know about that. I don't think I became the man he wanted me to be.

  Geppetto : Well, have you tried to make it up to him?

  August W. Booth : I made him a promise - a long time ago. By the time I got around to making good on it, I think it was too late.

  Geppetto : But you kept your promise. You realized your mistake and you tried to fix it. That's important. If I had a son, that would be enough for me.