- Lao Ma: Fill yourself with desire and see only illusion, empty yourself of desire and understand the great mystery of things.
- Lao Ma: The entire world is driven by a will, blind and ruthless, in order to transcend the limitations of that world, you need to stop willing, stop desiring, stop hating.
- Gabrielle: I'm sorry, Xena, but I can't help you commit murder.
- Xena: Gabrielle, I am catching a ship here that will carry me close to the kingdom of Chin. If there was ever a time to turn back, it's now.
- [pause]
- Xena: I understand.
- [Xena kisses Gabrielle on the head]
- Gabrielle: [as Xena starts to leave to aboard the ship] You owe someone so much that you would just throw away these last few years?
- Xena: [pause] Yes.
- Gabrielle: [as Xena uncovers Ming T'ien's bed covers holding a knife to kill him] I'm sorry Xena, I couldn't let you do this!
- [Xena stares at Gabrielle, shocked]
- Ming T'ien: [to Xena after she is caught attempting to kill Ming T'ien] Lao Ma said you'd return one day.
- [to the guards]
- Ming T'ien: Lock her up.