Smallville Quotes

Clark: I don't see myself being a farmer when I grow up.
Lana: What do you want to do?
Clark: I'm not sure. Just as long as it doesn't involve putting on a suit and doing a lot of flying.

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Lex: Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird?
Clark: Never read it.
Lex: You should. You two have a lot in common. Small-town heroes. Believe in the truth. Not willing to back down.
Clark: How does it end?
Lex: It's not about the ending, it's about the journey.
Clark: What kills me is that I know that I'm right. I just wish I could get them to see it.
Lex: That, my friend, is the key to leadership. Not only knowing you're right, but convincing everyone else. If you can do that, the world's your oyster.

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Kyle: Do you know what it's like to have to hide because of who you are?
Clark: Yes, I do. But when you have a gift you can't just hide in a hole and hope it goes away.

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Lex: You can learn a lot from someone you hate.

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Jonathan: You know what they say: lightning never strikes twice in the same place. Look, my guess is that your powers aren't coming back.
Clark: Maybe being normal won't be so bad; I mean it works for you and Mom.
Martha: Oh, thanks.
Clark: You don't feel any differently about me now do you?
Martha: Clark, you're our son whether you can bench-press the tractor or not.
Clark: What do I do now?
Jonathan: Well, life isn't easy for anybody, whether you're normal or super. But you're still Clark Kent. You were raised a certain way and that's never gonna change. Sure, your abilities were part of you, but they didn't define you.

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Lex: [to Victoria] If sleeping with me was just business, I'd hate to think what that makes you.

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Clark: You think I'm hiding something from you? Here. Take this hammer. Hit me anywhere.
Lex: I'm not gonna hit you, Clark.
Clark: Come on! If I can get hit by a car, you can't hurt me.
Lex: Clark, I just want the truth.
Clark: The truth is I'm just a guy who tried to do the right thing. Isn't that enough?

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Lana: Can you imagine waking up one morning and having powers?
Clark: It's scary... I guess. I mean, look at Eric. It hasn't helped him.
Lana: That's true. But I still always wished I could fly.
Clark: Yeah, that'd be something, Lana.

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Jonathan: Clark, your gifts are... well, they're part of you but they don't define you.
Clark: I know. But they complicate all of our lives.
Jonathan: Seeing how destructive Eric got, it just reminds me of how special you really are.
Clark: That's because Eric didn't get my two strongest gifts. You and Mom.

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Clark: The question is, how'd they get inside?
Pete: I don't know. Now stop channeling Chloe and come on. [Clark uses his x-ray vision] Oh no, not the Kent thousand-yard stare.

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Pete: No offense, Clark, but digging up six pages of interesting on you is going to require some serious excavation.
Clark: I do stuff...
Chloe: Yes, and I'm sure that once I deploy my journalistic skills on you, I'll be able to unearth a skeleton or two.
Clark: You know, Chloe, this is a class project, not a corruption scandal.
Chloe: Relax, Clark, it's not like you have anything to hide, right?

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Pete: In a world of designer water, Clark Kent is straight from the tap.

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Jonathan: Let's just say that it's a very long road between what's sitting in our storm cellar and what's written on your birth certificate.

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Pete: There was this bully three grades ahead of us. This dude was determined to pound dents into every kid in the school. One day, I guess it was my turn. He was just about to take my head off when Clark jumped between us.
Chloe: So Clark ran interference. Now, as kind as that sounds, Pete, I really don't think it falls under the "something amazing" test.
Pete: I'm not finished. Clark didn't just push brain-dead away. He put him through a door, as in splinters and broken hinges. How he did it, I still have no idea. The guy was at least twice our size.
Chloe: Clark, any comments?
Clark: Uh, well, we were, you know, six years old. Twice our size was three feet tall.

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Clark: My biological parents are either dead or didn't want me. The point is, you're prying into my private life.
Chloe: I was just trying to be thorough.
Clark: This is a class project. I spent an hour yesterday with Lana. That's it. That's all I needed. I'm not some mystery for you to solve.

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Lex: This isn't you.
Lana: Why? Because I'm not doing exactly as I'm told? Because I'm not stuck in a corner hiding in a book? For once I am not afraid of life and nobody can handle it cause you all prefer the insecure little girl. Well I'm sick of her and all of her talk about her dead parents.

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Clark: What's going on with Dad?
Martha: I don't know. He's been acting strange ever since he got home.
Jonathan: [Getting a beer from the fridge] Hey, Clark. Football game on TV. You wanna watch it with me?
Clark: Don't you have work to do?
Jonathan: Nah, chores can wait. Besides, I earned a rest. You can pick up the slack for me, can't ya?
Clark: It's good to see this whole hero thing didn't go to your head.

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Lana: You think too much, Clark.
Clark: Right now, I'm thinking you don't seem like yourself.
Lana: Or maybe... [starts to undress] ...I'm more me than ever.
Clark: Lana... this is crazy.
Lana: That's the point. If life doesn't make you crazy, then why bother living it? I know that's how I want it.

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Lana: I know you want me, Clark. Stop holding back. Come on... you're not made of steel. Or are you?

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Dr. Hamilton: Remember, Lex. You're the one opening Pandora's box.
Lex: I'm just the key, Dr. Hamilton.

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Clark: I didn't know you liked comic books.
Lex: Are you kidding? A strange visitor from another planet who protects the weak? When I was young he was my idol, not to mention that fact he's bald. I have the whole collection.

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Lex: I think he saw Julian as his second chance. A chance for him to have a son he could truly love.
Clark: I'm sorry.
Lex: It's in the past, Clark. We would have ended up hating each other anyway. My father would have seen to that.

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Lex: What could you possibly have to complain about now? The plant's doing well. LuthorCorp stock is up.
Lionel: I'm not here to complain, Lex. On the contrary, your performance lately has been... more than adequate.
Lex: That sounds dangerously like a compliment.

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Ryan: Are you sure you don't want to know how Lana feels about you?
Clark: I prefer to find out on my own.
Ryan: Clark, be careful of Lex. I know you like him, but there's a lot of darkness he keeps from the world. I've seen it in his head.
Clark: I like to believe in people's best.

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Lex: You know what those emperors you're so fond of talking about were really afraid of? That their sons would become successful and return to Rome at the head of their own army.
Lionel: You think you can find your future in Smallville? I'm your future. Join me, Lex. Join me in Metropolis. How long have you been waiting to hear me to say those words?
Lex: I've waited to hear other things from you for a lot longer. I'll return to Metropolis when I'm ready.
Lionel: At the head of an army?

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Lex: Do you know what my father gave me for my tenth birthday? A copy of The Will to Power.. Behold the super man. Man is something to be overcome." Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Nietzsche. They were the voices that nurtured me after my mother died. My father made every question a quiz, every choice a test. Second best was for losers, compassion for losers, trust no one. Those were the lessons I grew up with.
Dominic: I'll remember that if I'm ever interviewed by the biography channel.
Lex: All I'm saying, Dominic, is try and remember who I was raised by. I try to deny it, but I'm still my father's son. Tread carefully.

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Lex: Do you have a family photo?
Jonathan: Yeah, I got lots of family photos, Lex.
Lex: The only picture of my father and me appears in the LuthorCorp annual report.
Jonathan: Is this the part where I'm supposed to feel sorry for you?
Lex: No. I just want you to understand if I'm guilty of anything regarding your family, it's envy.

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Lex: In his own way, he's just trying to give you something my father never gave me.
Clark: What's that?
Lex: Limitations. All my father ever told me was "Don't get caught. Don't cause a scandal." That's not love, that's public relations. You have no idea how lucky you are. When my father dies, kings will come to his funeral, but when yours does, his friends will come.

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Lex: I don't know. Just got a bad feeling. Kind of like when you can smell the air change before a storm.
Clark: Storms are a way of life around here, Lex. The trick is not to get caught out in the open.

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Lex: Let's be frank, Dominic. My father sent you here to spy on me because he's afraid of how well I'm doing. This was my last chance to prove myself and he just assumed I'd fail. Now he has to revise his definition of me. I'm not just his screw-up son anymore. Now I'm competition. And my father only knows one way of dealing with competition.
Dominic: There are some things better left between patient and therapist, Lex.
Lex: You know, in ancient Persia, the kings would kill a messenger who brought them news they didn't like. In modern times, a sword in the chest might seem a little extreme. Something more subtle would be in order. Enjoying your drink?

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