Clark Kent quotes from Smallville

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

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.

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.

Kara

[to Jonathan] Tell Kal-El what you did.

Clark

What kind of deal did you make, Dad?

Jonathan

I promised Jor-El that if he gave me the power to bring you back from Metropolis, that one day I would return you to him.

Martha

Jonathan, you didn't do that...

Jonathan

Martha, I had no idea it was going to be this soon.

Kara

I told you, Kal-El. They'll always betray you. Even the man you call your father.

Kara

Come with me, Kal-El. Come home.

Clark

This is my home.

Kara

I know it seems that way. But sooner or later, everyone you know here will lie, betray, or leave you.

Clark

No matter what you say, I'll never go with you.

Lex

There's so much of my own life I can't explain. I've survived countless brushes with death, and it all started with this car crash. If I'm guilty of anything, it's that I've inherited my father's eccentric curiosity for the unexplained.

Clark

You've inherited his dishonesty.

Lex

Clark, look me in the eye and tell me you don't have any hidden places of your own where you keep your deep, dark secrets.

Clark

Ever since I've met you, I've been defending you, making excuses for you to people like Pete, like my parents. Telling them, "You can trust Lex Luthor. He's a good guy. He's nothing like his father". I was wrong.

I am fine.

Lois

You've just been hit by lightning, you're stark naked, and you don't even remember your own name. You have a fairly loose definition of "fine".

Lois

[to herself] Look at his face... I have a blanket in the trunk.

I am Kal-El of Krypton. It's time to fulfill my destiny.

Martha

Destiny?! That's Jor-El talking! He did this to you! I want my son back! Give me my son back!

Clark Kent is dead.

Clark

None of this would've happened if I had been there.

Lois

Okay, Commando, I don't get you. Half the time, you're all meek "Yes, Ma" and "Yes, Pa", and the other half, you are the most overconfident guy I've ever met.

Clark

It doesn't happen to you much, does it? Not being able to peg someone right away?

Lois

Oh, get over yourself. You are not that complicated.

Clark

Um... we usually take turns in the bathroom.

Lois

Oh, don't start with me, Smallville. You're the one taking the marathon shower. Besides, my delicate feminine sensibilities weren't offended the first time I got a glimpse of, uh, Clark Junior.

Clark

My parents kind of missed the whole Woodstock phase. Besides, they freaked out the last time they caught me in a co-ed situation.

Lois

Last time? So the eagle scout does have a few secrets in the closet.

Lois

Wow, she didn't take any prisoners, did she? Lana? Cute, smart, gutsy... and way too much for you to handle. I can see why you're in love with her.

Clark

Look, you're really not the person I want to talk to about this.

Lois

Suit yourself.

Clark

It's just... I knew she'd be dating other people.

Lois

But?

Clark

I just don't understand how you could feel like you know someone so completely, like you know everything about them, and then just all of a sudden...

Lois

You don't even know what continent they're on.

Clark

[frustrated] Do you always have to finish people's thoughts?

Lois

[equally frustrated] Well, am I right?

Lex

Does this mean you're talking to me again?

Clark

Only because I don't have a choice.

Lex

Relegated from friend to last resort. I guess I'll have to accept it if it's my only chance to prove myself.

Clark

Good. 'Cause I want you to help me find Chloe.

Lex

Look, I'd like to set things straight between us, Clark, but don't you think raising someone from the grave is setting the bar a little high?

Jonathan

Clark, as much as I hate to admit this, Lex had a hand in this too. He did make good on his promise to protect Chloe.

Clark

And look what he got out of it. Control of LuthorCorp. Look, I'm sorry, but it's gonna take a lot more than that for me to get to trust him again.

Martha

Ever since he met you, he's been surrounded by things he can't explain. We can't really blame him for trying to find the truth.

Clark

The truth is, he's been lying to me from day one. The legend on the cave wall says I'm destined to have an enemy. All this time, I've been worried about Lionel. But I'm beginning to think that the real threat was right in front of me. I think it's Lex.

Lois

Nice arm, farm boy. When's the first game?

Clark

I'm not on the team.

Lois

Why not? An arm like that is a "Get out of geek free" pass.

Clark

Well, even if I wanted to play--

Lois

Which obviously you do.

Clark

That wouldn't be the reason. Thanks, I don't really consider myself a geek.

Lois

So, what do you see yourself as?

Clark

I don't know. An outsider, I guess.

Lois

That's a recipe for wedgies if I've ever heard one.

Clark

[sarcastic] Have I told you how much I'm gonna miss you?

Clark

Hey, hey! The last time I checked, you were missing a few prerequisites for being in here.

Lois

So you have been checking me out.