Once Upon a Time (TV Series)

Smash the Mirror: Part 1 (2014)

Georgina Haig: Queen Elsa

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Quotes 

• Queen Elsa : [about Emma]  When your powers are out of control, everything's upside down. You don't want to be anywhere near the people you care about.

  Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones : Wonderful. Well, shall we send Sneezy after her, then? Or Happy? Which is the dwarf she despises?

• Princess Anna : Mother and father told me not to go in the east wing because it was crumbling and dangerous. So, of course, I had to.

  Queen Elsa : Naturally.

  Princess Anna : But it didn't seem dangerous to me, just... forgotten.

  Queen Elsa : Mother probably wanted to forget the painful memories of her sister.

  Kristoff : You royals sure go to exhaustive lengths to ignore your issues.

• Queen Elsa : Emma, stop.

  Emma Swan : Elsa, what the hell are you doing here? You have to leave now!

  Queen Elsa : I'm sorry. I won't let you do this.

  Emma Swan : My powers are out of control. There's no other way. Please go, now!

  Queen Elsa : No. You didn't give up on me, even when you nearly froze to death in that ice cave. So I'm not giving up on you now.

  [Emma hesitates] 

  Queen Elsa : I know how scary it is hurting someone you love. I've lived in fear of that my entire life. But giving up on your magic is not the answer. There is another way.

  Emma Swan : Yeah, you told me all about how Anna's love saved you, and that's great. But guess what? My version of that with Henry didn't work. This is all I have left.

  [turns back toward the door] 

  Queen Elsa : I was wrong. It wasn't just Anna's love that saved me.

  Emma Swan : What are you talking about?

  Queen Elsa : When I landed in this strange town, I was certain that without Anna, I was doomed. But I got control over my powers again without her.

  Emma Swan : How?

  Queen Elsa : I didn't really know until today, until the same thing happened to you, and then it finally hit me. It's not only Anna's love or Henry's that can save us. They accept us for who we are, and that's important, but it's not enough. It's on us, too. You have to love yourself, Emma. The good and the bad. The only way to ever be truly in control over your powers is to embrace them. Because this... this is who you are.

  [holds out her hand to Emma] 

  Emma Swan : What are you doing?

  Queen Elsa : It's time to stop being afraid.

  Emma Swan : But this could kill you.

  Queen Elsa : I'll take that risk if you will.