Clark Kent quotes from Smallville

Jonathan Kent

You don't realize how dangerous you are when you're wearing that ring!

Clark Kent

It's not the ring. I was born that way. You just can't accept it.

Jonathan Kent

What in the hell did Jor-El do to you, Clark?

Clark Kent

He made sure I'd never forget who my real father is.

Lana Lang

You warned me there were things about you that I wouldn't understand. I guess I just didn't want to believe it.

Clark Kent

I was protecting you.

Lana Lang

From what? That's the part I can't figure out because, Clark, the only thing that keeps hurting me is you.

Lex Luthor

It's ironic. In the most remote solitude I still managed to find an enemy. I suppose I was just hallucinating from malaria, but the enemy I found was real. I got a good look at myself, or at least the part I've always tried to ignore.

Clark Kent

Lex, I guess we all got to take a look at our dark side sooner or later.

Lex Luthor

The problem is if you stare at it long enough, it can get hard to tell the two sides apart.

Clark Kent

Look, I know this is gonna sound bizarre, but this kid Van, he's convinced that the meteor rocks in Smallville have altered certain people.

Lex Luthor

What do you mean by altered?

Clark Kent

He thinks they've developed different abilities than the rest of us, and he's hunting them. Lex, he had a hit list. They found it in his cabin, and you're on it.

Lex Luthor

Clark, the only abilities I have are playing the market and falling for the wrong women.

Lana Lang

Clark, I really thought I was going to die.

Clark Kent

You've been through worse.

Lana Lang

Because you've been there to protect me, but I knew you weren't coming this time, so when Van showed up I guess I was just relieved that there were others like you out there.

Clark Kent

He's not like me. You have to see him for what he is. He's a killer. Lana, it's okay to be mad at people who try to hurt you, but it's not fair to take it out on everyone who's been affected by the meteors. It's not their fault. No one asks to be different.

Lana Lang

Life would just be so much better for everybody if the meteor shower never happened.

Lex Luthor

How many times have I come face to face with death and walked away without a scratch? I've practically lost count.

Clark Kent

Weirder things have happened.

Lex Luthor

All this time I thought the reason I survived that Porsche accident was because of you, Clark. Now I'm not so sure. See, I've always tried to explain everything by looking outside myself. But maybe the truth lies inside my own physiology. Maybe I am a freak.

Lana Lang

What I don't understand is you're willing to walk into bullets for me, but you won't share what's going on inside. Clark, if you don't open up to the people that love you, you'll always be alone. I can't believe you want to spend your life like that.

Clark Kent

I may not have a choice.

Lana Lang

You always have a choice.

Lana Lang

Hi, Clark.

Clark Kent

Lana. I didn't think anybody else was out here.

Lana Lang

Well, it looks like we had the same idea for cooling off.

Clark Kent

Yeah, it's a scorcher. [Lana's smile fades as she lowers her eyes to Clark's bare chest, hardly bothering to hide her desire] You know, I'll come back.

Lana Lang

Oh, no, why? It's a big lake. There's enough room for both of us. [Clark doesn't answer] I'm game if you are. [Clark raises his eyebrows, surprised. Lana walks past him to the edge of the dock, behind Clark] No peeking.

Lana Lang

Your turn, Clark. I promise I won't peek.

Lana Lang

Clark? [No response. She turns around in the water, searching] Clark! [The fear in her eyes grows as she continues to scan the water for Clark. His head suddenly pops out of the water behind her]

Clark Kent

Boo.

Lana Lang

Don't do that! [Clark laughs and splashes back. They get into a brief splash fight and soon Lana is laughing too] You're ... it's not funny. [Lana wipes the water from her face and they take a moment to look at each other, inching closer together] [quietly] I always said there should be nothing between us.

Clark Kent

Now there's not.

Clark Kent

Pete, did you see that guy?

Pete Ross

What guy?

Clark Kent

How could you miss him? He had a big red cape on!

Lex Luthor

Interesting theory, Clark.

Clark Kent

I know it sounds crazy, but that's what happened.

Lex Luthor

Now you're saving people in your dreams, too. I bet a shrink would have a field day with that scenario.

Lex Luthor

Legend has it this sword was forged in the fires of Mount Fuji. The blade can cut through anything. The Katai never took it into battle. They never had to, till the day the strongest Katai turned on his own. One by one, the Katai fell at his hand. Nothing left to lose, the last of the Katai lunged at the warrior with this sword. The blade cut him clean in two. But when the warrior's armor fell away, the Katai saw he wasn't even human. [Lex strikes Clark with the sword, shattering it] Just like you, Clark. See, I've always been honest with you. But it turns out you've been lying to me from the first day I laid eyes on you.

Clark Kent

No, Lex, I can explain!

Lex Luthor

It's too late! The irony is all you had to do was come to me, Clark. I was your friend. I would've protected your secret. I would've protected you. But I couldn't be trusted because I'm a Luthor.

Clark Kent

No, that's not it!

Lex Luthor

I don't care! I'm going to dedicate myself to ensuring the whole world knows who Clark Kent really is. Life as you know it is over.

Lana Lang

Well, it's been like an oven outside, so I was thinking we could go swimming at Crater Lake.

Clark Kent

Yeah... I really don't think skinny-dipping is a good idea.

Lana Lang

Who said anything about skinny-dipping? Maybe in your dreams, Clark.

Clark Kent

According to NASA the sun took a direct hit from a comet today, causing one of the biggest solar flares ever to be recorded.

Martha

Oh, you sound intrigued.

Clark Kent

Actually it's a relief to be researching a cosmic disaster that has nothing to do with me.

Perry White

I finally found my story.

Clark Kent

For some insane reason, it's me. Chloe told me. I don't think it's funny.

Perry White

Oh, it's not a joke, Clark. I got the facts to back it up.

Clark Kent

What kind of facts are those?

Perry White

The accident, the power lines, your magical appearance as your family tractor drops out of the sky.

Clark Kent

I explained that.

Perry White

"It fell off a truck". That's not an explanation, that's a punch line. I spent the morning combing through police records and newspaper stories. You're Johnny on the Spot, Clark. You're Smallville's own hero on deck.

Clark Kent

Trust me, Mr. White, there's nothing special about me.

Perry White

Oh, that's where you're wrong, kid. So far I got you pegged as really strong and shock-resistant. The question is, what other tricks have you got up your sleeve?

Clark Kent

Mr. White, don't do this.

Perry White

See, the way I figure it, you're strong, you're shockproof, you're incredibly fast. Plus you're cursed with this hero complex.

Clark Kent

Yeah, why don't you come back down on the deck and we'll talk about that.

Perry White

No. Not till I have my story.

Clark Kent

Wait, Mr. White? Look, you're wrong about me.

Perry White

I'm betting you'll save me, Clark.