This thing we do—this self-hating act of pain and revenge—it's not for others to know about. She can play mother to Emma, and play princess to his Prince Charming, but what we do is the thing that silently eats away at her insides. The knowledge that deep down, she's mine.

"They told me I was Evil and therefore I would never change. The darkness had been engraved so deeply into my heart that there would be no use in attempting to help me." Being disguised as Wilma, Regina takes it upon herself to find all the secrets of her mortal enemy Snow, yet in the end she comes face to face with feelings she thought could never exist. Snow Queen