Clark Kent quotes from Smallville

Perry White

Thanks again for the ride.

Clark Kent

It's the only way I could be sure you'd get on the bus.

Perry White

You really are kind of a freak, you know that?

Clark Kent

Mr. White...

Perry White

I'm serious. You try to help people, even fools like me, and you never ask for anything in return. When I saw your face up there after it was all over, I suddenly realized I was about to tear down a good person. I just couldn't believe there was actually anyone like you out there.

Clark Kent

Trust me, Mr. White, I'm not that good.

Clark Kent

Something tells me the world hasn't seen the last of Perry White.

Perry White

Something tells me you're right. Rumor has it I still have a friend or two on the Daily Planet. Oh, by the way, I went over a couple more of your Torch stories.

Clark Kent

And?

Perry White

Well, they're rough, and half the time you buried the lead, but I see a glimmer of hope. If you ever make it to Metropolis, look me up. I owe you one.

Lana Lang

Why would he lie to me? It's not like he's gonna get the last 40 years of his life back.

Clark Kent

Lana, convicted murderers spend half their day trying to convince people they're innocent.

Lana Lang

Clark, that drawing looks exactly like you. So unless Dexter could've predicted the future, there's a pretty good chance that drifter was real. It could've been your grandfather. Even your father.

Clark Kent

That's impossible.

Lana Lang

Why? You must've come from somewhere. It's not like you just fell out of the sky.

Clark Kent

Since when can you take police records out of City Hall?

Chloe Sullivan

Since I caught the clerk and his girlfriend playing cops and robbers while on the job.

Clark Kent

I think Jor-El was sent here as some kind of rite of passage. Grandpa Kent was down here too. He told Joe that if there was anything he needed...

Jonathan Kent

What is it, Clark?

Clark Kent

I don't think you and Mom found me by accident... I think you were chosen.

Jonathan Kent

Oh, something must be wrong if he stuck his head in the refrigerator and didn't eat the last piece of cherry pie.

Clark Kent

It's nothing. It's just Lana. Seth Nelson asked her out.

Martha Kent

What did she say?

Clark Kent

She said yes so fast it gave me whiplash.

Jonathan Kent

Look, Clark, jealousy is a tough emotion.

Clark Kent

Dad, I'm not jealous!

Jonathan Kent

Ah...

Clark Kent

Well, maybe a little bit.

Clark Kent

Thank you.

Lex Luthor

Don't thank me, Clark. You're part of this. I have to kill you too.

Clark Kent

How is Lana?

Chloe Sullivan

It's been really tough. She could use some moral support.

Clark Kent

I sent her a card.

Chloe Sullivan

Nothing says "I love you" more than a $1.50 piece of cardboard.

Pete Ross

Clark, he knows your secret.

Clark Kent

I can't let him turn Lex into a vegetable just for that.

Pete Ross

You can't trust him.

Clark Kent

And you've never given him a chance.

Pete Ross

And you give him too many. You think it's easy keeping a lid on your secret? I've got to think about it every time we're around other people to make sure I don't slip. I've got to remember to say "meteor rock" instead of "kryptonite". And I always got to cover your unexplained exits.

Clark Kent

Pete, I'm sorry. You've never said anything.

Pete Ross

Clark, that's not the point. The point is that I got your back. But Lex won't.

Lana Lang

One thing I learned from my accident is that you can't go through something like this alone.

Clark Kent

Lana, just because I'm blind doesn't mean the issues between us have disappeared. This doesn't change anything.

Lana Lang

I was just offering a helping hand, Clark. But I won't make that mistake again.

Pete Ross

Whoever said absence makes the heart grow fonder obviously hasn't met the two of you.

Chloe Sullivan

Believe it or not, Clark, I was trying to help you.

Clark Kent

Oh, by spying on me.

Chloe Sullivan

No, by just trying to understand why he's so intrigued with you.

Clark Kent

And if the Torch got a few new computers and you made a name for yourself at the Daily Planet, that was okay too. For all the times you accused me of keeping secrets, how could you do this to me?!

Chloe Sullivan

He just... he caught me at an especially bad time. And I caved. I've been trying to get out of it ever since, but when people like Lionel Luthor have you, they don't want to let go. You know, I thought that you out of all people would understand making a stupid decision in a moment of weakness. But I guess I was wrong.

Pete Ross

Clark. Your parents are ready to start gluing your picture to milk cartons. How'd you get out here, anyhow?

Clark Kent

I walked. Turns out I do know every inch of this farm. I really didn't mean to scare them, but I couldn't take all the noise.

Pete Ross

So your mega-hearing thing's back.

Clark Kent

Suddenly I'm the ultimate eavesdropper.

Pete Ross

You know, what can I say? Chicks dig a hero.

Clark Kent

Uh-huh.

Pete Ross

Hope you don't mind I'm bending the truth a little bit.

Clark Kent

Pete, look who you're talking to. The master truth-bender.

Clark Kent

You're not the same person you used to be.

Chloe Sullivan

Kind of like if I moved to Metropolis and became a motorcycle-riding party animal and told you to get out of my life. Kind of like that, right?

You don't understand. You don't know what it's like to be so different, to see things other kids can't see, to feel and to think about things they can't even imagine.

Clark Kent

Molly, Garner's not helping you.

He made me feel normal, and I never thought that could happen. Now, if someone gave you that chance, wouldn't you protect them, too?