Once Upon a Time2011

Emma Swan:
You've clearly glommed onto my kid Henry's thing. They're just stories! The Mad Hatter is in Alice in Wonderland, a book - a book I actually read.

Jefferson:
Stories. Stories! What's a story? When you were in high school, d'you learn about the Civil War?

Emma Swan:
Yeah, of course.

Jefferson:
How? D'you read about it, perchance, in a book? How's that any less real than any other book?

Emma Swan:
History books are based on history.

Jefferson:
And storybooks are based on what? Imagination. Where does that come from? It has to come from somewhere.