Lex Luthor quotes from Smallville

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?

Clark

Lex, if this friendship was so important, why'd you lie to me for so long?

Lex

I don't know, Clark. There's a darkness in me that I can't always control. I'm starting to think that's my curse, why every relationship I have ends badly.

Clark

We all have a dark side, Lex.

Lex

Yeah. But I can feel mine creeping over the corners. Your friendship helps keep it at bay. It reminds me that there are truly good people in the world. I'm not willing to give up on that.

Clark

What's that?

Lex

The Porsche you pulled me out of the day we met.

Clark

Why is it still here?

Lex

To remind me of what I almost lost. It's over, Clark. It really is. Look, I'm willing to give this friendship another shot if you are.

Clark

In the spirit of friendship, I was wondering if you could help me with a problem.

Lex

Absolutely. What is it?

Clark

Well, it's a who. Lois Lane.

Clark

I just came by to see if you were all right. I heard you had some trouble in Metropolis.

Lex

News travels fast.

Clark

Curse of a small town. So what happened?

Lex

I decided to play cowboy and got my spurs handed to me. To be honest, I don't know why I'm not dead.

Clark

There must be someone watching over you.

Lex

In more ways than one.

Lex

Clark, you don't seem like your usual self. You barely said a word the entire ride home.

Sorry. Being in that prison... I guess it upset me.

Lex

Yeah, well, it isn't exactly the happiest place on earth.

No, it isn't, Lex. Do you ever feel guilty? Sending your father to prison, I mean.

Lex

Why would I? The man murdered his parents. I did society a favor.

And that blood relationship, it doesn't mean anything to you?

Lex

Clark, since when did you become president of my father's fan club?

You're right. Of course. He's only your father. Why should you feel anything?

Lex

Stay where you are!

Clark

Lex, it's me, Clark. I need to talk to you.

Lex

After I drove my Porsche into the river and you fished me out, I asked your dad if there was any way I could repay him. What did he say that we always joke about?

Clark

Lex, what is this, a pop quiz?

Lex

Answer the question!

Clark

He told you to drive slower.

Lex

Welcome back.

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.

Lex

You leave quite a path of destruction.

Lana

Lex. I was going to come see you.

Lex

Preemptive strike. Just in case there was any evil dead action still brewing.

Lex

I didn't kill her.

I didn't ask. Lex, you're paying me to get you off, not to prove you're innocent. But you're gonna have to be straight with me. Were you drinking last night?

Lex

Yes. At the fundraiser in the hotel. We had champagne.

Is it possible that you were drugged?

Lex

Well, it wouldn't be the first time.

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.

Lionel

You have a ferocious desire to find all the answers, son, but don't let your search for those stones turn into your personal Tower of Babel.

Lex

I'm not trying to get closer to God, Dad. I'm trying to solve the riddles He's laid out for me.

Lionel

Did you ever think there might be a reason why we weren't given the answers?

Lex

To challenge us?

Lionel

Or maybe to humble us. Knowledge comes from finding the answers, yes, but understanding what the answers mean is what brings wisdom. Men who didn't understand the difference have been the ruin of some of the world's greatest civilizations.

Lex

Is that why you stopped looking for the stones? Because you're afraid?

Lionel

No. No, I stopped because I realized that even if I find the three stones, I'm not gonna find what I'm really looking for. Neither will you.

Lex

Two Lanes under one roof. That's got to be interesting.

Clark

Well, I haven't had a hot shower in two days, and the laundry machine is running nonstop, the phone line is consistently busy. No, it's nice having them around. I mean, it kind of takes the loneliness out of the house.

Lex

Yeah, I always hated the sound of a quiet home.

Clark

Lex, do you ever miss not having a sibling?

Lex

I used to... until I met you, Clark. You're closer to me than any... blood brother.

Lex

Let's see what happens to me if you die!

You can't kill me! I drive you. I give your life meaning. I'm your soul, you weak, pathetic little man! I'm the real Lex Luthor!

Lex

Look, whatever I've done in the last few days...

Lionel

Please, no need for an apology. Quite the contrary. I must say, you finally proved yourself to be the son I've always wanted, and I thank you for showing me so clearly the error of my ways.

Lex

What are you talking about?

Lionel

I'm closing down the foundation immediately.

Lex

What? You can't. The charity is your life.

Lionel

Just a foolish dream. I'm awake now. A man can't deny his true nature, can he, Lex? No. We're Luthors.