Lex Luthor quotes from Smallville

Lex

What do you think is faster, an arrow or a bullet?

There's only one way to find out.

Lex

I thought I told you you're no longer a welcome guest at the mansion.

Clark

Trust me, Lex, I don't want to be here either. But after what you've done...

Lex

And exactly what did I do? Did I swat a fly with too much force?

Bart

I want a lawyer.

Lex

And I want a ponytail! Disappointment abounds.

Lex

You.

You remember. I'm touched.

Lex

Well, it's a little hard to forget. Last time we met, you put an arrow in my chest.

You put a bullet in mine. Bygones?

Lex

Go to hell.

You first.

Lex

Looks like you're working out some issues there.

Clark

Just doing a little honest work, Lex. You should try it sometime.

Lex

Why start now? My life's perfect.

Lex

I just wanted to take a little sleigh ride down memory lane, visit the scene of the crime. Hey, here's where you took my fiancée after kidnapping her, right before you tried to kill me.

Clark

I wasn't myself that night... I'm sorry.

Lex

Sorry? What, that you didn't finish the job? You know, I'm still a bit fuzzy on the details, what with you trying to choke the life out of me, but what fascinates me is how after all that, Lana could still feel safe coming here.

Clark

That was her choice. I had nothing to do with it.

Lex

You never do. That's all right. You see, I understand the allure of trying to unravel the mystery of Clark Kent. I suffered from it once too. When I thought you mattered.

Clark

I saw Lana the day of the wedding and she was gonna leave you. What did you do her?

Lex

I don't know. The answer must have gotten lost in that dark abyss we call my soul.

Clark

Were we ever really friends, Lex?

Lex

I don't know. I have nothing to compare it to. You're the only real friend I've ever had, Clark. And somewhere along the way, you saw me as your nemesis, turned your back on me.

Lex

Every time I open my heart to someone, I end up getting hurt. If you ever betrayed me, I don't know what I'd do.

Lana

I'd never hurt the man I love.

Clark

[Clark superspeeds into Reeves Dam and pushes Lex up against the wall] She was your wife, Lex. Why did you do it?

Lex

Now is not the time to lecture me about my marriage, Clark.

Clark

Why'd you do it? Just tell me!

Lex

GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME!

Clark

You afraid she was gonna bring you down, or was it just too humiliating for you that she was gonna leave you? Why'd you have to kill her? Why?

Lex

No.

Clark

No. You don't to need act so surprised. You're the one who killed her. You put a bomb in her car. You're the one who killed her!

Lois

What are we doing, Lex?

Lex

No one asked you to be here, Lois.

Lois

Trust me, I never planned on being your Sundance Kid, especially in the armpit of Motor City.

Lex Luthor

Hello, Clark. Can't say I love what you've done with the place.

Clark Kent

Lex.

Lex Luthor

You still say it the same way -- astonishment mixed with a hint of dread, yet... with a hopeful finish.

Clark Kent

You're alive.

Lex Luthor

Seems my father had a... a change of heart. And I got a second chance of life.

Clark Kent

Where's Tess? What have you done with her?!

Lex Luthor

She's fine. I wouldn't worry so much about my dear little sister. You know, I used to think it was our families who made us who we are. Then I hoped it was our friends. But if you look at history, the great men and women of the world have always been defined by their enemies.

Clark Kent

You have a second chance. You can change all that.

Lex Luthor

But that's the thing about memories -- you can't forget them. Like how you're always one step ahead of me, Clark. No matter how meticulously I prepared, no matter how strategic I was, if only I'd known I never stood a chance.

Clark Kent

It wasn't a competition.

Lex Luthor

Of course it wasn't. You were born to be the chosen one. You're simply better than us.

Clark Kent

And that always killed you.

Lex Luthor

No. No, what killed me is that you didn't even want it. You fought it -- you hid from it! I would have taken it and relished it, embraced it.

Clark Kent

My destiny wasn't yours to take!

Lex Luthor

I get that now. Which is why I finally embraced my own. You and I... we will both be great men. Because of each other, we have a destiny together, Clark... only on different sides.

Clark Kent

I'll always be there to stop you. Always.

Lex Luthor

Oh, I'm counting on it.