Clark Kent quotes from Smallville

Clark

I know Lana. She's never been this serious about anyone.

Lex

You sound awfully concerned about that for someone who let her walk out of his life.

Clark

Yeah, I guess the whole "If you love them set them free" thing kind of backfired.

Lex

It's not about love, Clark. It's about what you're willing to do for it. On that field, you'll do whatever it takes to win, but if you're not willing to do the same for Lana, maybe she doesn't mean as much to you as you think.

Clark

I sure hope you had better luck with the locusts than I did with Lex.

Chloe

The last time I checked, they weren't selling biblical plagues on Amazon.

Clark

Hey, Dad!

Jonathan

Hey, Clark. Son, is there maybe a little something you'd like to tell your mother and me?

Martha

Where did that come from?

Jonathan

From out in the barn. In the hay.

Martha

Clark...

Clark

It was magic.

Martha

I'm sure it was...

Clark

Isobel was... aggressively sexy.

Lana

Oh great, possessed by an evil slut.

Lionel

How's Lex? I've been trying to contact him since I heard, but he won't speak to me.

Clark

He thinks you're trying to frame him. Are you?

Lionel

No, Clark.

Clark

Why should I believe you?

Lionel

There's no reason you should. Listen to me. I was ill, Clark. The liver disease I had was a death sentence. And something happened. I can't explain it. I woke up on the floor. There was a riot. I felt as if a different kind of energy had been inside me. Something strong and... good. I was changed. And my liver had healed.

Clark

What was it?

Lionel

I don't know. All I can say was... it was miraculous. I could see the darkness, the destructive power that had always been inside me. I can see it in Lex now.

Clark

I thought Lex's attorneys would have all this under lock and key.

Chloe

Yeah, well, she may know people at the top, but I know people at the bottom, and they work for tips.

Clark

How long is this gonna continue, Lex?

Lex

I don't know. What do you want me to tell you?

Clark

I don't want you to tell me anything. I want you to change.

Lex

I don't know if I can.

Clark

You know, it seems the only person you care about is yourself. There's a whole side of you that I don't know about, Lex. And what else don't I know about you?

Lex

You don't know that every day, I wonder why I keep going. Why I do the things I do. You know, Shannon might have been crazy, but she was right about me. I treated those women terribly, Clark. People died, and I could've stopped it. I see that now.

Clark

Well, that's a start.

Lex

You know, there was a moment the other night when that fire she set was coming towards me. I thought, good. It would save the world a lot of grief. But somehow, the fire went out. And she was lying on the floor. And suddenly, I had a second chance.

Clark

The last few days, Lex, I thought your father was being more honest with me than you were. And I hated that feeling. I felt like we were enemies.

Lex

Don't give up on me yet.

Martha

I hope our own fears haven't gotten in your way. I would hate for you to look back and regret not telling the people closest to you. I mean, there is a chance Lana would understand.

Clark

There is. But what if she didn't?

Jonathan

Clark, look, I'm not sure that it's Lana, but I am sure that someday there'll be someone you can tell.

Clark

I've seen you worked up before, but this is more than amped, even for you.

Chloe

I guess it's just displaced anxiety. I found my mom, Clark.

Clark

Wow. That's... Chloe, that's great.

Chloe

Yeah, I mean I put my feelers out for years, and something, three months ago, finally came through. So it turns out she's not exactly MIA, so to speak. She's in a mental institution.

Clark

I'm sorry.

Chloe

The real kicker is it's hereditary.

Clark

Listen, hey. If there's one thing that I've learned it's that you're not destined to follow in your parents footsteps, all right?

Chloe

So, popular question of the day. What is Clark Kent's worst nightmare?

Clark

When I woke up. Everyone that I knew was gone. I was completely alone.

Chloe

I wish I could say that I'll always be there for you, but somehow I get the feeling that may not be a promise I can keep. You were the only one who came out of it, Clark, and I don't think it's because you've been taking your vitamins... Look, you know what? You don't have to tell me. I know that I gave you my word that I was going to stop all this prying but... In these last few months, I really got a taste of what it was like to keep my mom's secret, and I've never felt more alone.

Clark

It's weird when people think they're so close to you but have no idea what you're really going through.

Chloe

Yeah. I'd hate to live my whole life like this. But after fessing up, it's amazing how quickly that feeling of loneliness disappears. I mean, if you can't tell your best friend, who can you tell? Right, Clark?

We are gathered here to join this happy couple in holy matrimony. Marriage, as you know, is a union that should not be entered into lightly.

Clark

Yeah, yeah, skip to the good stuff, Pops.

Oh, all right, do you, Clark Kent, take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?

Clark

Hell, yes!

Alicia

Good thing you've got buns of steel. You might be impervious to the cold, but I'm turning into a Popsicle.

Clark

Well, I do have heat vision.

Clark

You drugged me!

Alicia

No, it's not-- I just didn't know what else to do because I couldn't stay, and I couldn't leave without you so I just thought you could listen to your heart instead of your head for once.

Clark

Look, you don't even see what you did was wrong! What's the matter with you?

Alicia

Clark, you could've hooked up with any girl you wanted and you chose me. Why do you think that is?

Clark

You dosed me with red kryptonite! It makes me do things I don't want to do!

Alicia

No, I don't think that rock forces you to do anything, Clark! Maybe it dampens your inhibitions, but Clark Kent got himself into this situation, okay? Clark Kent asked me to marry him. Clark Kent brought me up to this hotel room to make love to me.

Clark

Well, maybe Clark Kent made a mistake.

Alicia

I'm so sorry about what I did to you, Clark. I just didn't want to lose the one good thing in my life.

Clark

I'm not so sure that drugging me was the best way to preserve the relationship... I wanted you with or without that rock.

Alicia

Past tense noted.

Martha

I'm upset. But more than that, I'm disappointed.

Clark

I was on red kryptonite, Mom.

Martha

My God, you ran off with a girl you barely know and got married.

Clark

It wasn't legal.

Martha

That's not even the point. Marriage is sacred, Clark. It's about two people who trust each other and are willing to go through life together no matter how difficult it gets. I thought we had taught you that! You're an amazing young man, Clark. You make life and death decisions every day. But then you turn around and you do this. Why did you do it?

Clark

Mom, there's a part of me that never feels freer than when I'm with Alicia. She makes me feel normal and special at the same time.

Martha

I know how badly you want to be with somebody. I want that for you too. I guess I just expected you to use better judgment.