“That is the curse of lying, Sister. Once you place that crown of the liar upon your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.”
“Shakespeare again. Once you let him into your head, he takes up tenancy and will not leave.”
“... in a snap the world can fall down around you and leave you, for years and years, trying to get back to a place where once upon a time you were happy.”
“Going away isn't going to help as much as you think. The memory stays with you, and the stain. It's not something you slough off once you leave.”
“Really believing in "once upon a time". Believing that it will draw you in, take you with me to a place you've never been before.”
“It was a hollow victory they gave me. A crown...it was the girl I prayed them for. Your sister, safe... and mine again as she was meant to be. I ask you, Ned, what good is it to wear a crown?”