“Everything, everything seemed once-upon-a-time.”
“Once upon a time they had some bad luck, and they blame everything on that.”
“Once upon a time, there lived a boy, and he had to risk everything to keep what he loved. But really the story was: Once upon a time, there lived a boy, and his fear ate him alive.”
“My whole life, I had thought that my story was, again and again: Once upon a time, there was a boy, and he had to risk everything to keep what he loved. But really, the story was: Once upon a time, there was a boy, and his fear ate him alive.”
“Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.”
“Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.”