Xander (re the school talent show): I have my pride. Okay, I don't have a lot of my pride, but I have enough so that I can't do this.

More from Season 1

• Willow: When I'm with a boy I like I can't say anything cool, or witty--or at all. I can usually make a few vowel sounds, and then I have to go away.
• Xander: That's okay, I don't wanna go. I'm just gonna go home, lie down and listen to country music...the music of pain.
• Anya: I like you. You’re funny and you’re nicely shaped, and frankly it’s ludicrous to have these interlocking bodies and not interlock. Please remove your clothing now.
• Buffy: I told you. I said 'End of the World,' and you were like pooh-pooh, Southern California, pooh-pooh.
• Buffy: So what I’m wondering is: does this always happen? Sleep with a guy and he goes all evil?
• Cordelia: I know what you're up to. You think that if you get me mad enough, I won't be so scared. And hey! It's working. Where's a damn weapon?!