Once Upon A Time Quotes

• Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.

  Nicole Krauss

  Love, Cute, Romantic

  Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.11, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Self Worth, Never Forget, Moments

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.56, A&C Black

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• There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time.

  John D. Barrow

  Universe

  John D Barrow (2014). “The Origin Of The Universe: Science Masters Series”, p.59, Hachette UK

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• We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.

  Philip Pullman

  Book, Rights, Silence

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Once upon a time, something happened, and it was better than something not happening. The end.

  Dan Harmon

  Ends, Happened, Happenings

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• Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew. Everything was ours; how happy we were then, but then once upon a time never comes again.

  Johnny Mercer

  World

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• There is no such thing as a happy ending. I never met a single one to equal "Once upon a time.

  Stephen King

  Happy Endings, Mets, Equal

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• Once upon a time' lasts forever.

  Philip Pullman

  Forever, Lasts, Books And Reading

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• To Grandma: Once upon a time, there was a boy who flew.

  Chris Colfer

  Grandma, Boys, Short Sweet Love

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• Thou Shalt Not is soon forgotten, but Once Upon a Time is forever.

  Philip Pullman

  Forever, Forgotten, Books And Reading

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• [Adolf] Hitler succeeded once upon a time to conquer all the big powers within two or three years and occupied all Europe, North Africa, and arrived at the gates of Moscow. This is not the real power. Real power is something completely different.

  Yasser Arafat

  Real, Years, Europe

  Source: www.nybooks.com

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• Once upon a time, a fisherman went out to sea. He caught many fish and threw them all into a large bucket on his boat. The fish were not yet dead, so the man decided to ease their suffering by killing them swiftly. While he worked, the cold air made his eyes water. One of the wounded fish saw this and said to the other: "What a kind heart this fisherman has- see how he cries for us." The other fish replied: "Ignore his tears and watch what he is doing with his hands.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Heart, Eye, Men

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• Once upon a time, there was a Magic Kingdom made of hopes and childhood fantasies. A timeless place where every land was filled with wonder. A place where everyone who entered its gates would be given the gift of the young at heart.

  Julie Andrews

  Heart, Magic Kingdom, Land

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• There were dreams once upon a time, dreams now all but forgotten. On sad days I dust them off and fondle them nostalgically, with a patronizing wonder at the naivete of the youth who dreamed them.

  Glen Cook

  Dream, Dust, Youth

  Glen Cook (2007). “Chronicles of the Black Company”, p.457, Macmillan

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• Once upon a time there were three kittens, and their names were Mitten, Tom Kitten, and Moppet. They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tumbled about the doorstep and played in the dust.

  Beatrix Potter

  Cat, Dust, Names

  Beatrix Potter (2016). “The Tale of Tom Kitten: Beatrix's Tales”, VM eBooks

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• Once upon a time, the sky knew the weight of angel armies on the move, and the wind blew infernal with the fire of their wings.

  Laini Taylor

  Moving, Angel, Army

  "Days of Blood & Starlight". Book by Laini Taylor, November 6, 2012.

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• Once upon a time there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. And they grew next to each other. And every day the straight tree would look at the crooked tree and he would say, "You're crooked. You've always been crooked and you'll continue to be crooked. But look at me! Look at me!" said the straight tree. He said, "I'm tall and I'm straight." And then one day the lumberjacks came into the forest and looked around, and the manager in charge said, "Cut all the straight trees." And that crooked tree is still there to this day, growing strong and growing strange.

  Tom Waits

  Strong, Cutting, Tree

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• Surrounded by stories surreal and sublime, I fell in Love in the Library once upon a time.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Sublime, Library, Stories

  Song: Love In The Library, Album: Fruitcakes, 1994

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• Once upon a time there was a bear and a bee who lived in a wood and were the best of friends. All summer long the bee collected nectar from morning to night while the bear lay on his back basking in the long grass. When winter came the bear realised he had nothing to eat and thought to himself 'I hope that busy little bee will share some of his honey with me.' But the bee was nowhere to be found - he had died of a stress induced coronary disease.

  Banksy

  Summer, Morning, Stress

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• Once upon a time, people identified the god Neptune as the source of storms at sea. Today we call these storms hurricanes.... The only people who still call hurricanes acts of God are the people who write insurance forms.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Atheist, Writing, Bad Ass

  Neil deGrasse Tyson (2007). “Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries”, p.361, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Once upon a time there was no Time.

  John D. Barrow

  John D. Barrow (1999). “Between Inner Space and Outer Space: Essays on Science, Art, and Philosophy”, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Anyone can have a once-upon-a-time or a happily-ever-after, but it's the journey between that makes the story worth telling.

  Chris Colfer

  Journey, Stories, Ever After

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• Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a great man. Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough and honor enough to be -- a man.

  Edward Abbey

  Men, Good Man, Honor

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.26, RosettaBooks

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• Once upon a time we were just plain people. But that was before we began having relationships with mechanical systems. Get involved with a machine and sooner or later you are reduced to a factor.

  Ellen Goodman

  People, Machines, Get Involved

  Ellen Goodman (1990). “Making Sense”, Penguin Group USA

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• Ninety percent of the time, you're going to hear no. It took me seven years to make 'Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored.' Nobody wanted to see the movie made. I got the movie made.

  Tim Reid

  Years, Seven, Ninety

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