Smallville Quotes
Chloe: Clark, how did you hear that?
Clark: I guess I missed too many Linkin Park concerts.
Clark: I guess I missed too many Linkin Park concerts.
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Lex: Tell the cops to drop the charges and give me immunity, and I'll give you the biggest arrest of your career.
FBI Agent: What are we talking about?
Lex: I'll help you bring down my father.
FBI Agent: What are we talking about?
Lex: I'll help you bring down my father.
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Lana: Clark, there's still something I don't understand. How did you get from the hotline to the storage unit in a split second?
Clark: It took me more than a few seconds... maybe it had something to do with the weird time anomaly. You know, there's something that I don't understand either. Why did you call the hotline instead of the police?
Lana: Because I knew you'd be there.
Clark: It took me more than a few seconds... maybe it had something to do with the weird time anomaly. You know, there's something that I don't understand either. Why did you call the hotline instead of the police?
Lana: Because I knew you'd be there.
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Lex: You know, Dad, they say mental illness is hereditary. I'm willing to accept my break with reality. Are you?
Lionel: Oh, Lex, men of vision have so often been mocked. Galileo knew it was the earth that orbited the sun, and he was sentenced to death for that discovery.
Lex: Where's the Inquisition when you need it?
Lionel: Oh, Lex, men of vision have so often been mocked. Galileo knew it was the earth that orbited the sun, and he was sentenced to death for that discovery.
Lex: Where's the Inquisition when you need it?
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Jonathan: How'd you know to find me out here?
Clark: When I'm searching for answers, I turn to my dad. I guess it runs in the family.
Jonathan: Your grandfather was the stubbornest man I ever knew. And believe me, Clark, I wasn't nearly the son you are. My mother used to say that he and I were like watching two sides of the same coin duking it out. And I see the way you and Jor-El fight and I wonder if maybe fathers and sons were the same on Krypton.
Clark: Except he's not my father. You are.
Jonathan: Yeah... I am your father who turns his back on you when you need him the most. I am your father who forces you to run away. My father never would've done that.
Clark: When I'm searching for answers, I turn to my dad. I guess it runs in the family.
Jonathan: Your grandfather was the stubbornest man I ever knew. And believe me, Clark, I wasn't nearly the son you are. My mother used to say that he and I were like watching two sides of the same coin duking it out. And I see the way you and Jor-El fight and I wonder if maybe fathers and sons were the same on Krypton.
Clark: Except he's not my father. You are.
Jonathan: Yeah... I am your father who turns his back on you when you need him the most. I am your father who forces you to run away. My father never would've done that.
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Lex: Look, I'm afraid I'm a little jaded in the romance department. The only thing I know about relationships is that someone usually winds up getting hurt.
Lana: And you don't think I can trust Clark to not do that.
Lex: I don't think it's about trust. It's like the German poet Rilke said, "A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them. They're who they've been throughout your whole relationship."
Lana: And you don't think I can trust Clark to not do that.
Lex: I don't think it's about trust. It's like the German poet Rilke said, "A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them. They're who they've been throughout your whole relationship."
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Swann: Fathers often want futures that their sons reject. That struggle is as old as the human race.
Clark: Except I'm not human.
Swann: Humanity is not only about biology.
Clark: Except I'm not human.
Swann: Humanity is not only about biology.
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Jonathan: This is your last warning. Stay away from my son.
Lionel: If you'd raised your son the way I raised mine, maybe you wouldn't have to protect him. You know, weakness isn't something you're born with. You learn it. And Clark learned his from you.
Lionel: If you'd raised your son the way I raised mine, maybe you wouldn't have to protect him. You know, weakness isn't something you're born with. You learn it. And Clark learned his from you.
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Clark: You broke into the LuthorCorp plant the other night, didn't you? Something happened?
Chloe: Wow. There may be some journalistic genes behind those baby blues after all.
Clark: Chloe, for some reason, people are telling you things they don't want you to know, and it's not a joke.
Chloe: No. But it is every reporter's dream.
Chloe: Wow. There may be some journalistic genes behind those baby blues after all.
Clark: Chloe, for some reason, people are telling you things they don't want you to know, and it's not a joke.
Chloe: No. But it is every reporter's dream.
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Chloe: My God, Clark, this is amazing! Can you imagine the kinds of stories I could break? I mean, I could crack the mystery that is Clark Kent! [pause] What do you keep hiding from me?
Clark: I can't believe you just asked me that.
Chloe: And you didn't answer. Everyone else would have. What are you so afraid of? That I'll get behind that armor and finally uncover your secret?
Clark: I can't believe you just asked me that.
Chloe: And you didn't answer. Everyone else would have. What are you so afraid of? That I'll get behind that armor and finally uncover your secret?
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Chloe: I do know that because of you, my dad can't get a job. So why would I help you?
Lex: Because my father's the one who ordered his dismissal. You know that's the truth, don't you?
Chloe: Meaning that my family's future is just one chess move in the endless game of one-upmanship played by you and your dad.
Lex: It's not a game, Chloe. You're the only one who can get me the truth.
Chloe: Why do you keep doing this to yourself? Why can't you just walk away from your father?
Lex: Because he won't give me the only thing I've ever wanted from him.
Chloe: And that would be?
Lex: I want him to love me.
Lex: Because my father's the one who ordered his dismissal. You know that's the truth, don't you?
Chloe: Meaning that my family's future is just one chess move in the endless game of one-upmanship played by you and your dad.
Lex: It's not a game, Chloe. You're the only one who can get me the truth.
Chloe: Why do you keep doing this to yourself? Why can't you just walk away from your father?
Lex: Because he won't give me the only thing I've ever wanted from him.
Chloe: And that would be?
Lex: I want him to love me.
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Lionel: I'm impressed but unfortunately, I don't respond to blackmail. But you know, this isn't what's going to get your father's job back.
Chloe: Then what would?
Lionel: Information from an especially intransigent source.
Chloe: Does this source have a name?
Lionel: Two, actually. Jonathan and Martha Kent. But you need only ask one question.
Chloe: Why would I ever do that?
Lionel: Because I know that you have a special place in your heart for their son, and it's killing you that he's hiding something from you. And we both know that this may be the only opportunity you'll ever have to find out what that is.
Chloe: And what exactly is it that you want to know?
Lionel: Where did Clark Kent come from?
Chloe: Then what would?
Lionel: Information from an especially intransigent source.
Chloe: Does this source have a name?
Lionel: Two, actually. Jonathan and Martha Kent. But you need only ask one question.
Chloe: Why would I ever do that?
Lionel: Because I know that you have a special place in your heart for their son, and it's killing you that he's hiding something from you. And we both know that this may be the only opportunity you'll ever have to find out what that is.
Chloe: And what exactly is it that you want to know?
Lionel: Where did Clark Kent come from?
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Chloe: When you found me on the bridge, I was on my way here. I was gonna ask your parents all the questions you would never answer... look, I know "I'm sorry" has become a recurring motif in our relationship, but--
Clark: No, Chloe, look, I appreciate your honesty, but you weren't yourself.
Chloe: I really wish I could believe that. But there have been so many times when my curiosity has gotten the best of me. Maybe this is just who I am.
Clark: No. You're going after the truth. Chloe, there's nothing wrong with that.
Chloe: Unless it hurts the people you care most about. I'm just afraid that one day I'm gonna push too hard, and I'm not gonna get the chance to say I'm sorry.
Clark: Today's not that day.
Clark: No, Chloe, look, I appreciate your honesty, but you weren't yourself.
Chloe: I really wish I could believe that. But there have been so many times when my curiosity has gotten the best of me. Maybe this is just who I am.
Clark: No. You're going after the truth. Chloe, there's nothing wrong with that.
Chloe: Unless it hurts the people you care most about. I'm just afraid that one day I'm gonna push too hard, and I'm not gonna get the chance to say I'm sorry.
Clark: Today's not that day.
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Martha: [Concerned] You've hardly said anything about what happened at Summerholt.
Clark: [Distracted] Don't worry Mom, my secret is still safe.
Martha: Well, let me know if you want to talk about it.
[Martha goes to leave]
Clark: Lara.
[Martha stops, she looks back at Clark]
Clark: That was my biological mother's real name. She was my earliest memory. She sounded so scared. Her only fear was that nobody would love me.
Martha: I can't imagine the feeling of sending my baby in a lifeboat across the stars.
Clark: Because of Jor-El, I always thought that my biological parents were monsters. But she wasn't.... I just can't believe I forgot about her.
Martha: [Comforting] You didn't, Clark; your first word was "Lara". Your father and I could never figure out what it meant, but now we know.
Clark: I wish she could have met you, to see what a great mom I have.
Martha: She knows, Clark. A mother's love never dies.
[They embrace]
Clark: [Distracted] Don't worry Mom, my secret is still safe.
Martha: Well, let me know if you want to talk about it.
[Martha goes to leave]
Clark: Lara.
[Martha stops, she looks back at Clark]
Clark: That was my biological mother's real name. She was my earliest memory. She sounded so scared. Her only fear was that nobody would love me.
Martha: I can't imagine the feeling of sending my baby in a lifeboat across the stars.
Clark: Because of Jor-El, I always thought that my biological parents were monsters. But she wasn't.... I just can't believe I forgot about her.
Martha: [Comforting] You didn't, Clark; your first word was "Lara". Your father and I could never figure out what it meant, but now we know.
Clark: I wish she could have met you, to see what a great mom I have.
Martha: She knows, Clark. A mother's love never dies.
[They embrace]
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Lex: Lana told you about my nocturnal adventure, didn't she? I can see I spooked her. That usually sends her running to you.
Clark: Are you okay?
Lex: Well, I haven't lost my mind, Clark, if that's what you mean. I just indulged in a little harmless sleepwalking, that's all.
Clark: Lex, you were on a ledge yelling Julian's name. You could've killed yourself.
Lex: You know, when I found you asleep in the middle of Route 8 last year, I don't remember questioning your mental health.
Clark: I hadn't just spent seven weeks at Belle Reve.
Lex: According to my doctors I'm cured. But apparently, a clean bill of health isn't good enough for Clark Kent.
Clark: Are you okay?
Lex: Well, I haven't lost my mind, Clark, if that's what you mean. I just indulged in a little harmless sleepwalking, that's all.
Clark: Lex, you were on a ledge yelling Julian's name. You could've killed yourself.
Lex: You know, when I found you asleep in the middle of Route 8 last year, I don't remember questioning your mental health.
Clark: I hadn't just spent seven weeks at Belle Reve.
Lex: According to my doctors I'm cured. But apparently, a clean bill of health isn't good enough for Clark Kent.
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Lex: Summerholt is a highly respected institution.
Lionel: Respected? Lex, this Garner character operates on the outer fringes of accepted science.
Lex: Well, then you should feel right at home.
Lionel: Respected? Lex, this Garner character operates on the outer fringes of accepted science.
Lex: Well, then you should feel right at home.
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Lillian: I don't want to hold him.
Lionel: Lillian, it's unnatural for a mother not to want to bond with her child. Please... I will not let you inflict psychological scars on my children.
Lillian: That's why they have you, Lionel.
Lionel: Lillian, it's unnatural for a mother not to want to bond with her child. Please... I will not let you inflict psychological scars on my children.
Lillian: That's why they have you, Lionel.
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Lex: I told you to let it go, but you kept pursuing it. You even involved my father.
Clark: Yeah, well, believe me, Lex. He's the last person I'd ask for help, but I didn't have any other options.
Lex: He betrayed you, Clark. He stopped my sessions with Garner by offering you up as a lab rat. I've tried to keep my father away from you, but he's obsessed. If I'd got back those seven weeks, I could've finally stopped him.
Clark: Maybe, Lex. Or maybe you'd make it worse. You're always telling me how you don't want to turn into your father, and I truly believe that. But the more you two go at each other, the more like him you become. And the more people get hurt.
Lex: I will never become my father. I would never sacrifice you or anybody I cared about to bring him down.
Clark: Lex.... why does your father hate you so much?
Clark: Yeah, well, believe me, Lex. He's the last person I'd ask for help, but I didn't have any other options.
Lex: He betrayed you, Clark. He stopped my sessions with Garner by offering you up as a lab rat. I've tried to keep my father away from you, but he's obsessed. If I'd got back those seven weeks, I could've finally stopped him.
Clark: Maybe, Lex. Or maybe you'd make it worse. You're always telling me how you don't want to turn into your father, and I truly believe that. But the more you two go at each other, the more like him you become. And the more people get hurt.
Lex: I will never become my father. I would never sacrifice you or anybody I cared about to bring him down.
Clark: Lex.... why does your father hate you so much?
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Pete: [on the phone] Why won't you listen to me? I told you I don't want to talk about it!
Chloe: Note to self: Forward all telemarketing calls to Pete.
Chloe: Note to self: Forward all telemarketing calls to Pete.
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Clark: Did you do this?
Lex: What possible reason would I have to ransack the office of an obscure teaching assistant?
Clark: Then tell me why you're here.
Lex: You first.
Clark: Jeremiah was gonna help me with a term paper.
Lex: Term paper. So your visit doesn't have anything to do with the fact that he went ballistic in the caves last night and absconded with a sacred Kawatche artifact.
Clark: I didn't know.
Lex: I'm surprised. I mean, you usually keep such a close eye on everything that happens in the caves... for those term papers you're always writing.
Lex: What possible reason would I have to ransack the office of an obscure teaching assistant?
Clark: Then tell me why you're here.
Lex: You first.
Clark: Jeremiah was gonna help me with a term paper.
Lex: Term paper. So your visit doesn't have anything to do with the fact that he went ballistic in the caves last night and absconded with a sacred Kawatche artifact.
Clark: I didn't know.
Lex: I'm surprised. I mean, you usually keep such a close eye on everything that happens in the caves... for those term papers you're always writing.
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Clark: I know you want to believe it, but I'm not your savior. I mean, did you ever think that Jeremiah really is Naman? He has all the abilities foretold in the prophecy, and he's gonna try and kill Segeeth.
Willowbrook: True. But he did not fall from the sky in a rain of fire. Jeremiah's desperate to be someone he's not. And you are desperate not be someone you are.
Clark: Professor, I may be confused about who I am, but one thing I'm not is a killer.
Willowbrook: You'd be surprised what you're capable of when the time comes.
Willowbrook: True. But he did not fall from the sky in a rain of fire. Jeremiah's desperate to be someone he's not. And you are desperate not be someone you are.
Clark: Professor, I may be confused about who I am, but one thing I'm not is a killer.
Willowbrook: You'd be surprised what you're capable of when the time comes.
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Clark: It also means the prophecy came true. The blade glowed and disintegrated when they touched it, which means either Lionel or Lex is my greatest enemy.
Martha: Did you see which one grabbed it first?
Clark: No. But I don't need a blade to tell me that Lionel Luthor is a bad person.
Martha: If you're going to believe this legend, you have to face the possibility that it could be Lex.
Clark: I'm not ready to do that.
Martha: Did you see which one grabbed it first?
Clark: No. But I don't need a blade to tell me that Lionel Luthor is a bad person.
Martha: If you're going to believe this legend, you have to face the possibility that it could be Lex.
Clark: I'm not ready to do that.
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Jonathan: Clark, the Kawatche think that you're a savior. Jor-El wants you to be a conqueror. Now, knife or not, you can't let other people tell you what to be.
Clark: Who do you think I'll become?
Jonathan: I don't know. You can be the world's greatest hero or its most mild-mannered citizen, but the only person who can write your story, is you.
Clark: Who do you think I'll become?
Jonathan: I don't know. You can be the world's greatest hero or its most mild-mannered citizen, but the only person who can write your story, is you.
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Clark: You sound like Lex. He thinks I'm the reason Lana's leaving.
Pete: Well, I hate to agree with Uncle Fester, but I don't think Lana's going to Paris just to see the Mona Lisa.
Pete: Well, I hate to agree with Uncle Fester, but I don't think Lana's going to Paris just to see the Mona Lisa.
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Lana: Emily, you can't just force someone to be your friend. It's something that happens over time when you trust each other.
Emily: I know what a friend is. A friend is someone who would stand up for you and protect you. A friend is someone who would jump in a river to save you from drowning, even if it meant they had to give up their own life for you. You don't need to tell me what it means to be a friend.
Lana: Then you know that a friend would never keep me locked up in here.
Emily: Get used to it. I did.
Emily: I know what a friend is. A friend is someone who would stand up for you and protect you. A friend is someone who would jump in a river to save you from drowning, even if it meant they had to give up their own life for you. You don't need to tell me what it means to be a friend.
Lana: Then you know that a friend would never keep me locked up in here.
Emily: Get used to it. I did.
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Briana [in Lois]: I'm gorgeous! [touching her chest] Look at these!
Isabelle [in Lana]: [uninterested] Yes. They're very nice.
Isabelle [in Lana]: [uninterested] Yes. They're very nice.
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Clark: What happened to you?
Pete: FBI agent decided to go off payroll, wanted to know about you. Don't worry, I didn't tell him anything.
Clark: I should have been there.
Pete: That's just it. You can't always be there. I gotta look out for myself. I just thought you should know they're onto you.
Clark: Thanks for the warning.
Pete: Clark, the FBI isn't who I'm really warning you about. Lex was there. He's the one who pulled the Fed off me.
Clark: He's investigating his father, not me.
Pete: That doesn't matter. He knows. Now, I'm not exactly sure how much, but he's not gonna stop until he's got everything. Clark you've got to keep an eye on him. Look out for yourself.
Pete: FBI agent decided to go off payroll, wanted to know about you. Don't worry, I didn't tell him anything.
Clark: I should have been there.
Pete: That's just it. You can't always be there. I gotta look out for myself. I just thought you should know they're onto you.
Clark: Thanks for the warning.
Pete: Clark, the FBI isn't who I'm really warning you about. Lex was there. He's the one who pulled the Fed off me.
Clark: He's investigating his father, not me.
Pete: That doesn't matter. He knows. Now, I'm not exactly sure how much, but he's not gonna stop until he's got everything. Clark you've got to keep an eye on him. Look out for yourself.
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Pete: I'm moving to Wichita with my mom.
Clark: No, Pete. I thought that... What about senior year? Pete, you can't do this because of me.
Pete: I know that I told you keeping your secret wasn't hard. But I lied. I walk around every day afraid that I'm gonna slip up.
Clark: Well, why didn't you tell me sooner?
Pete: Because you needed a friend. And so did I.
Clark: You don't have to move away. You don't have to change your whole life. There's got to be a way. No one even has to know we're friends.
Pete: There's a lot of things that I can handle. But I could never live with myself if I betrayed you.
Clark: No, Pete. I thought that... What about senior year? Pete, you can't do this because of me.
Pete: I know that I told you keeping your secret wasn't hard. But I lied. I walk around every day afraid that I'm gonna slip up.
Clark: Well, why didn't you tell me sooner?
Pete: Because you needed a friend. And so did I.
Clark: You don't have to move away. You don't have to change your whole life. There's got to be a way. No one even has to know we're friends.
Pete: There's a lot of things that I can handle. But I could never live with myself if I betrayed you.
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Lionel: "Forgive them for they know not what they do." Is that what you expect from me? Forgiveness?
Lex: Don't try to make me out as your own personal Judas. I didn't come here for forgiveness. I came here to congratulate you on sweeping another mishap under the rug. Emily Dinsmore.
Lionel: Ah, yes, Emily Dinsmore. I should've remembered. You should've warned them. Belle Reve has a habit of misplacing its patients. The details. I've always tried to teach you, Lex. The devil is in the details. If you don't pay attention to the details, he'll win.
Lex: Then it's a good thing I'm a fast learner. You went through all the trouble of having your own son committed to an asylum and shooting 600 volts of electricity through his body just to cover up your trespasses, but like I said, Dad, you've gotten careless.
Lex: Don't try to make me out as your own personal Judas. I didn't come here for forgiveness. I came here to congratulate you on sweeping another mishap under the rug. Emily Dinsmore.
Lionel: Ah, yes, Emily Dinsmore. I should've remembered. You should've warned them. Belle Reve has a habit of misplacing its patients. The details. I've always tried to teach you, Lex. The devil is in the details. If you don't pay attention to the details, he'll win.
Lex: Then it's a good thing I'm a fast learner. You went through all the trouble of having your own son committed to an asylum and shooting 600 volts of electricity through his body just to cover up your trespasses, but like I said, Dad, you've gotten careless.
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Lex: You knew all along my father murdered his parents, didn't you? And you never told me... I always assumed there was a tacit agreement among friends to share that kind of information with each other.
Clark: Not when it can get your friend killed. Lex, your father threw you into a mental institution and fried your brain. If you found that out all over again, I thought he might kill you, and I couldn't live with that.
Lex: You're a good friend, Clark. If you tell the judge what you just told me, my father will be exchanging his Armani for an orange jumpsuit.
Clark: Not when it can get your friend killed. Lex, your father threw you into a mental institution and fried your brain. If you found that out all over again, I thought he might kill you, and I couldn't live with that.
Lex: You're a good friend, Clark. If you tell the judge what you just told me, my father will be exchanging his Armani for an orange jumpsuit.
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