Once Upon a Time (TV Series)

The Stranger (2012)

Eion Bailey: August W. Booth

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Quotes 

• Emma Swan : You're asking me to believe that you are a fairy tale character?

  August W. Booth : Pinocchio.

  Emma Swan : Right. Of course, Pinocchio. Explains all the lying.

• August W. Booth : You're our only hope.

  Emma Swan : Then you're all screwed.

• August W. Booth : You've been here before. This is the diner you were brought to when you were found as a baby.

  Emma Swan : So you found an article about me. So what? I thought this trip was supposed to be about you.

  August W. Booth : It is. This is my story. And it's your story.

  Emma Swan : And how is that?

  August W. Booth : That seven-year-old boy who found you? That was me.

• Emma Swan : Let's say you were that kid. Why lie about where you found me?

  August W. Booth : I lied to protect you.

  Emma Swan : From what?

  August W. Booth : That.

  Emma Swan : A tree?

  August W. Booth : You've read Henry's book, right? You know about the curse, don't you? Your role in it? It's true, Emma. We both came into this world... through this tree.

• August W. Booth : We're going on a trip, Emma, so I can tell you somebody's story.

  Emma Swan : Whose story?

  August W. Booth : Mine.

• Emma Swan : Why not write the end to that story?

  August W. Booth : Because this is the ending. And we're writing it right now.

  Emma Swan : And how does this story end?

  August W. Booth : With you believing.

• August W. Booth : [referring to Emma]  I can get her there, to believing. Trust me.

  Mr. Gold : [laughs]  Ah. I'm sorry, it's just that, knowing who you are, and your nature... trust is a big ask.

• August W. Booth : I'm *not* screwing around here. Whatever you believe, or don't, this is real, Emma. I am sick!

  Emma Swan : That's an understatement.

• August W. Booth : You don't wanna believe. After everything you've seen, why can't you just do it?

  Emma Swan : Why is it so important to you that I do?

  August W. Booth : Because I, the town, everyone, needs you!

  Emma Swan : I don't want them to need me!

  August W. Booth : Well, that's too bad, because we all do.

  Emma Swan : You're saying that I am responsible for everyone's happiness? That is crap! I didn't ask for that! I don't want it!

• 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.

• August W. Booth : You ever been to Phuket? It's beautiful. Amazing island. Full of pleasures, the perfect place to lose oneself. That's where I was, when you decided to stay in Storybrooke.

  Emma Swan : How do you know when I decided to stay in Storybrooke?

  August W. Booth : Because at 8:15 in the morning, I woke up with a shooting pain in my leg. That's 8:15 at night in Storybrooke. Sound familiar? That's when time there started to move forward again. I was supposed to be there for you, and I wasn't. Because I was halfway around the world, I got a painful reminder just how far I'd strayed. If that tree won't make you believe, maybe this will.

  [August pulls up his pant leg; he sees a wooden leg, but Emma just sees a normal leg] 

  Emma Swan : How does that prove anything?

  August W. Booth : Look.

  Emma Swan : August, I'm looking.

  August W. Booth : You don't see it, do you?

  Emma Swan : See what?

  August W. Booth : Your denial is more powerful than I thought. It's preventing you from seeing truth.

  Emma Swan : Okay, one of us is losing it here. And it's not me.

• August W. Booth : Come on, take a leap of faith. You come with me and I promise you, you'll find exactly what you're looking for.

  Emma Swan : My kid needs me. I don't have time for faith.

• August W. Booth : Align the gear on the spindle, then press the spring.

• [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.