"You know, this is the only Xena I've ever known. I find it
difficult to understand the hatred she gets sometimes when we travel from
people who just don't know her the way I know her. I guess they're just afraid
of the old Xena."
"Well, they say that a single bite
from a Bacchae can turn a young innocent woman into a wild, soulless creature
whose only allegiance is to Bacchus. And, once bitten, she's lured into his
lair to drink his blood. If she does, there's no way to save her. She becomes a
Bacchae...forever. They say Bacchaean woman can take many forms, sometimes just
roaming the forests as wolves, to them an unquenchable thirst for blood. They
track their intended victim relentlessly until they corner him and tear him
limb from limb. But, if you ask me, I think the stories are exaggerated. You
know, just made up to give people a really good scare...AAHHH!"
"My ideals were a lie. I thought
love was the strongest power on earth. What a fool. Love is helpless in the
face of cruelty."
"Xena, wake up and look around
you. The little, innocent Gabrielle is dead and there's no getting her
back"
"'Big-mouthed idiot.' Maybe it's a
code. Maybe it means something. Maybe I'm gonna kill her!"
"I know what the plan is...you're
trying to drive me insane!"
"This is such a mess. You wish you
hadn't killed her, Joxer wishes he had killed her, and I wish she'd never been
born. I guess Callisto won after all."
"Xena, you know, I don't know if
I'm gonna get used to this. It's so weird having your best friend in the body
of your worst enemy. Could you dye your hair?"
"‘What's the matter with me' is
what I might do to you if you don't shut up!"
"Joxer, it pains me to tell you
that all day I have fantasized about ripping you heart out!"
"Once in a land far away, there
was this rich, but miserly, king named Croesus and his heart was so hard that
his servants begged the gods to intervene. They sent the fates to separate the
strands of his life so that he may see himself more clearly. Unfortunately,
Croesus didn't mend his ways. So, the gods turned him into a spirit doomed to
walk the earth forever as invisible to others as they were to him in life ...
actually, I didn't like to ending of that story anyway. But, we could change it
... (to Xena) if we tried?"
"Look, if we can change the King's
mind without changing any of his anatomy, think of the example it could be to
the children."
"Trust me, Xena, if there's one
thing I know, it's how to bargain."
"And, from that day on, we've
honoured and celebrated it as a time of rebirth for our wishes and dreams, a
time of coming together and enjoying peace. It's the shortest day with the
longest night. But, on this special night a new light, a new chance is born to
us all. So, it's a time for miracles and good will towards all living
creatures. That's why the Winter Solstice means so much and touches us all so
deeply."
"She's a very physical
person."
"I was speaking metaphorically, we
shadows from the past tend to do that."
"Look, you say you're afraid of
small spaces. Well, that's exactly how you live your whole life, in a small
space afraid to stand up for anyone else, or yourself. Don't you see? What
you're most afraid will happen has happened. The question is, what are you
going to do about it?"
"Contest. Pageant. It's a feeble
excuse for men to exploit and degrade women."
"I do not tell her anything. We
are a team. I ask."
"Remember, a beauty pageant is
like a war. To win you have to be fired with the heat of competition ... the
power ... the passion ... the desire to win."
"You've changed, Xena, like this
valley. Once it was full of death and violence, but now it's full of beauty and
life. The same kind of change has happened to you."
"Xena, I know you can hear me
wherever you are. I know you always told me to be strong. But I can't be, not
now. You can't leave me. I know it's not your time. I can fell it in my heart.
I feel this emptiness that I have never felt before and it scares me. Above
all, just remember to fight. Fight to come back. This world needs you. I need
you."
"She's gone. She just left me. How
could she do that? She just left. I really want to hate her for it."
"I miss her. There are so many
things that I wish I could tell her ... I would have told her how empty my life
was before she came, and all the lessons I've learned, and that I love
her."
"Xena, look, they made me Queen,
me, the little girl you found in Poteidaia. It's time that I let you go. See, I
have to find my own life, just as you were searching for yours. You know, there
are two kinds of tears, tears for those who leave you, and tears for those you
never let go. And, I won't say goodbye to you, Xena, because we'll be together
again ... one day."
"Xena, promise me that you'll never
die on me again."
"Xena, you know, you shouldn't
bottle up your emotions. Now if there's some sort of hurt or jealousy operating
here, then get it out ... great, just walk away from me. What, am I just
talking to myself here?"
"Love is gentle and soft, not
violent and cruel."
"I'm just an overachieving
sidekick."
"What was I supposed to use, huh?
You threw our only good cutting knife at a warlord last week. I bet it's still
sticking out of his thigh."
"She works in mysterious
ways."
"Look we have to cook our food.
I'm still waiting for the fish we had for breakfast to stop trying to swim
upstream."
"Look, my best friend is Xena,
Warrior Princess, and she is not going to like this forced wedding thing, if
you get my drift."
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry to
disturb you before the wedding, but I thought we should meet sooner or later
... oh, I knew you'd understand. Cold hands, you must be as nervous about this
as I am ... or not. The truth is, well, I can't marry you. No, no, it's not you.
It's me. I'm not ready for this kind of commitment, which is probably better
for you anyway because all of the men I get serious about seem to wind up dead
... your Majesty? ... Mother of Zeus!"
"You know, this hasn't been good
for my self-esteem. He didn't like my hands, my walk, my stomach, my curtsey
and ... can you curtsey? ... I hate you ... in a good way."
"You're so practical. Xena, the
sea is a beautiful expression of nature. Now, I want you to concentrate on the
sound of the waves beating against the shore and I want you to have a sense of
peace...alright?!"
"Hey boys! You know where I can
find any real men?"
"No, you don't understand the
danger. This is a boat...on water...water...boat...my stomach. We don't mix
very well. So unless you want a quick and colourful deck washing, I suggest you
put me on a boat for shore!"
"That's the only way to judge
beauty, not by the price, but how it touches the soul."
"Just between you and me, being
chaste can be real hard."
"When it's right, love can be the
most potent force in the world."
"I know, it shocked me too, to see
how blind I'd been. But, maybe that's what love is, it's blind. I should write
that down."