- Gabrielle: [to Xena] You've got to take me with you and teach me everything you know! You can't leave me here.
- Xena: Why?
- Gabrielle: Did you see the guy they want me to marry?
- Xena: He looks like a gentle soul. That's rare in a man.
- Gabrielle: It's not the gentle part I have a problem with. It's the dull, stupid part. Xena, I'm not cut out for this village life. I was born to do so much more!
- Xena: I travel alone.
- Gabrielle: So, where are you headed now?
- Xena: Amphipolis...
- Gabrielle: That's in Thrace, isn't it? I love to study maps and place names. So, what route do you usually take?
- Xena: Don't even think about it...
- Gabrielle: What?
- Xena: Following me. You don't want to make me mad, now, do you?
- [Gabby shakes her head]
- Opening Credits Narrator: [Narrating] In a time of ancient gods, warlords and kings... A land in turmoil cried out for a hero. She was Xena, a mighty princess forged in the heat of battle. The power... the passion... the danger... Her courage will change the world.
- Xena: [first lines of the series]
- [as she rides through a village in Greece]
- Xena: Hello?
- Boy: You got any food you could spare?
- Xena: Food's scarce everywhere. No one has anything to spare. Where are your parents?
- Boy: The other side. They were killed by Xena, the Warrior Princess. She came down out of the sky in a chariot, throwing thunderbolts and breathing fire...
- [Xena tosses the boy some food and she rides along]