“Once upon a time the plural of 'wizard' was 'war'.”
“Once upon a time, I did not live in Shady Pines. Once upon a time, my name was not Alice. Once upon a time, I didn't know how lucky I was.”
“Once upon a time there was aOnce upon a time there was aOnce upon a time there was aStop this. It's undignified.”
“Once upon a time is now.”
“Children understand that 'once upon a time' refers not only--not even primarily--to the past, but to the impalpable regions of the present, the deeper places inside us where princes and dragons, wizards and talking birds, impassable roads, impossible tasks, and happy endings have always existed, alive and bursting with psychic power.”
“Once upon a time Baltimore was necessary.”