Clark Kent quotes from Smallville

Clark

I should have listened to you, Chloe. You tried to warn me. I had my hands around that guy's throat, and I thought that if I just kept squeezing the life out of him, then it would make everything right again.

Chloe

God, Clark. But you didn't?

Clark

No.

Chloe

What made you stop?

Clark

My dad's voice. This is going to sound weird, but I could hear him. He was the one that always kept me from going over the edge when I was too close.

Chloe

Do you think you could ever do what she did? Play the mild-mannered reporter by day and a crime-fighter by night?

Clark

Honestly, I'm kind of hoping I can find a way to not have to hide who I really am.

Clark

Why haven't you gone to see her?

Chloe

Well because, because I'm afraid. I mean what if I look in her eyes and I see myself?

Clark

What if you wait too long and you never get the chance to look into her eyes again? She's your mother, she always will be. It's not going to change no matter what.

Clark

Lois, you don't know what goes on there. Do you really want Lex and these doctors getting inside Chloe's head?

Lois

If it makes her feel better, I don't care if Daffy Duck whacks her with a mallet!

Chloe

Guys, I'm drugged, not deaf.

Clark

She said she hit you full on and you're not even hurt. How'd you manage that?

Victor

Milk. Does a body good.

Clark

We need to talk!

Lex

And you should work on your entrance, Clark. Bit abrupt, don't you think?

Clark

What do you know about Syntechnics?

Lex

See, now that's exactly what I mean. No small talk, no pleasantries — just straight to the accusations.

Clark

I haven't accused you of anything.

Lex

You don't have to. Your, uh, righteous tone says it all. So what am I have supposed to have done this time?

Victor

I'd say thank you, but... the words just seem too small.

Clark

And completely unnecessary.

Victor

Your mom raised you modest, didn't she?

Clark

You died because of me. When Jor-El brought me back to life and restored my powers... he told me there'd be a price - the life of someone I love. I'm sorry, Dad. I'm so sorry.

Jonathan

Clark... believe me you have nothing to be sorry about. I lived a full, wonderful life. I had everything a husband or a father could ever possibly dream of. I am so very proud that I died protecting you.

Clark

Protecting me from what?

Jonathan

Lionel Luthor, Clark. He knows your secret. He knows everything. You can't stay here, son. You've got to keep your mother safe. You've got to keep the whole world safe.

Chloe

Well I'll reach out to my source and see if they know anything else. Clark, don't worry about it. You won the first fight. My money's on you in the rematch.

Clark

Chloe, I don't think Fine is the only thing we need to worry about. When I was injected with the serum and died, I saw my father.

Chloe

Oh my God, Clark.

Clark

Yeah, he told me there's someone else who knows my secret - Lionel Luthor.

Chloe

Well you can't be sure. I mean what you saw it could have been a hallucination. You know a manifestation of your desires and fears.

Clark

Chloe, I could feel my father. It was real. I know it in my heart.

Clark

Chloe, if my parents hadn't found me in that field, it could have been me in the foster care system, scaring people with my powers, being accused of crimes I didn't commit.

Chloe

Yeah, and Clark, one of your greatest powers is your unrelenting faith in people.

Clark, did you ever meet your real dad?

Clark

Sort of...

Was he bad like mine?

Clark

Maybe worse. But just because he gave me life doesn't mean I'm anything like him. See, the thing is, Maddie, anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.

Chloe

[about Lionel] Why don't you let me use that as an in, you know, to find out what he's really up to?

Clark

What if he finds out what you're up to? It's too risky.

Chloe

Oh, and waiting for Darth Luthor to hatch his evil plan isn't?

Lionel

I've been expecting you, Kal-El.

Clark

How long have you known?

Lionel

From the moment I held in my hand the crystal that helped to create your Fortress of Solitude.

Clark

The one that put you in a coma.

Lionel

Coma? I like to think of it as... a state of contemplative repose.

Clark

You've known my secret for almost a year.

Lionel

Yes.

Clark

Why haven't you done anything?

Lionel

What? Expose you to the world? A strange visitor from another planet? I've tried to tell you--I am not your enemy. To reveal your secret would change your destiny. And it would harm someone I care about very deeply.

Clark

You had a choice: To kill my mother or to kill yourself.

Lionel

I could never harm your mother. There was no choice.

Clark

Yeah. [pause] Unless you knew the gun wasn't loaded.

Lionel

You have no reason to believe anything I say. I realize that. I hope eventually you will come to trust me. I only want what's best for you and your mother, son.

Clark

[angrily] You don't call me that. Jonathan Kent was my father.

Lionel

No. I'm not trying to take his place.

Clark

You couldn't. My mother seems to think there may be some good in you, but I'm not so sure.

Lionel

It takes time, Clark. Maybe you will be.

Clark

Or maybe you'll just show your true colors. Secret or no secret, you stay away from my mother, or you'll wish I'd never saved your life.

Chloe

Come on, Clark. Pick up the pace-- somewhere between a brisk walk and super speed. The star witness testifies in fifteen minutes.

Clark

Not that I mind being your "Boy Friday" and all, but I don't understand why you need an escort.

Chloe

I don't. I just thought a nice little field trip to the courthouse might help reignite that journalism spark.

Clark

I hate to break it [Chloe gives Clark a press pass] to you, but my ace-reporter days ended when I left "The Torch".

Chloe

All right, then consider it a much needed get-off-the-farm pass. Look, Clark, I know this has been the year from hell -- and that was before you broke up with Lana. There are only so many days you can hole yourself up in that loft before I pull an intervention.

Clark

I am not holed up. It's just... ever since I found out Lionel knows my secret I've been waiting for a bomb to go off.

Chloe

Well, don't duck and cover just yet. For all we know, he may never even light the fuse.

Clark

This is Lionel Luthor we're talking about.

Clark

I guess this a bad time to ask for a favor?

Chloe

Are you kidding me? The amount of times you saved my butt you can pull a coin from the favor bank anytime you need. What's up?

Clark

Somebody sent me a 50-inch plasma with all the bells and whistles; forgot to sign the gift card.

Chloe

Clark, that's not a problem. That's winning the Trifecta. When's movie night?