- Gryphon: [playing at riddles - if you've got it you can't share it, if you've shared it you haven't got it - with Valentine] What's the answer?
- Valentine: It's a secret.
- Gryphon: Yes, I know that, but what's the answer?
- Valentine: It's a secret!
- [points in a different direction]
- Valentine: Look! An idiot!
- Gryphon: Where?
- Citizen: The charm.
- Prime Minister: No, that's actually a chicken.
- Citizen: The charm.
- Prime Minister: I understand this must be quite painful for you but really it is a chicken.
- Chicken: I keep trying to tell him, he just doesn't listen.
- Monkeybirds: Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob...
- Monkeybird: Malcolm.
- Monkeybirds: Bob, Bob, Bob.
- Helena: Riddle? Riddle. So have you thought of an answer yet?
- Gryphon: You can't pass. I give up, I think, no wait, wait... Fine. What's the answer?
- Helena: Okay. It's a herring.
- Gryphon: But a herring isn't green.
- Helena: You can paint it green.
- Gryphon: But a herring doesn't hang on a wall.
- Helena: You can nail it to a wall.
- Gryphon: But a herring doesn't whistle!
- Helena: Oh, come on. I just put that in to stop it from being too obvious.
- Prime Minister: It's like trying to find a need... no, not a needle. Something SMALLER than a needle, in a haystack, when you don't even know if you're in the right field!
- Black Queen: You need a pretty frock and a happy smile.
- Helena: A smile?
- Black Queen: With a smile on your face everything will seem brighter because from now on we are... what?
- Helena: I don't know.
- Black Queen: Tell her.
- Black Queen's Guard: Uh, not at home to Mr. Grumpy, your majesty.
- Black Queen: Exactly.
- Valentine: What the hell have you got on your feet? Is that some kind of sick joke? Going around on little rabbit-like animals with every step? That's just... nasty.
- Mrs. Bagwell: I remember I said to him: "Mr Bagwell, how can a mask know what you need?" And he said: "Cynthia, remember I don't know what I'm talking about."
- Valentine: [unable to directly say "I'm sorry"] If I were to say something apologetic it would reflect my feelings in this matter.
- Helena: [of the Shadow Princess, her double in the real world, who's probably having a good time] Yeah, eating chips and snogging boys and smoking and everything!
- Helena: [during opening credits, playing with sock puppets] Ha! You may think I'm a hardhearted black sock, but underneath this dark woolly exterior is a naked pink foot.
- Anti-Helena: Of course, if I use the Mirrormask it may upset things a bit. But you can't run away from home without destroying somone's world.
- Valentine: What did you say your name was?
- Helena: Helena.
- Valentine: Helena. Helen. Helen-nun-nuh... it's a bit drab, isn't it? You know, you should think about changing that. Go for something with a bit of dignity and style, mixed with a bit of romance. Something like... 'Valentine'.
- Helena: Why? What's your name?
- Valentine: Valentine.
- Helena: [talking about the charm] What does it look like?
- Prime Minister: I don't know.
- Helena: Well... how big is it?
- Prime Minister: I don't know.
- Helena: Well... what kind of places could it be in?
- Prime Minister: I don't know.
- Helena: What do you know?
- Prime Minister: I think I'd know it if I saw it.
- Helena: Would you?
- Prime Minister: I don't know... What if I have seen it and I didn't know it. What if it was the chicken!
- Prime Minister: Right, and you reckon that's the charm, hmm?
- Citizen: Yes.
- Prime Minister: I'd have to say, to me, it looks rather like half a brick.
- Citizen: Not really. Well... a bit...
- Prime Minister: it's half a brick isn't it?
- Citizen: Ermmmmm...
- Prime Minister: Good try, thanks for coming. Next.
- Valentine: This place is ready to collapse into a heap of rubble. It can't be safe.
- Helena: You're such a coward. It's perfectly- WAAAAHH!
- [she falls through a hole in the floor]
- Valentine: [looking down the hole] Coward, eh? I prefer to think of myself as... Prudent. Cautious. And unlike some people I could mention, STILL UP HERE!