Martha Kent quotes from Smallville

Martha Kent

Clark, what's this really about?

Clark Kent

I'm just wondering if that's why I was really sent here. To change destiny. What if I make a wrong choice and I'm not there to make it right?

Martha Kent

It's a huge responsibility. You have to concentrate on the good that you do. Think of all the people you've saved. Your dad and me and Lex. He's turned out to be a really good friend. Sweetheart, you just have to do the best you can. You can't save everybody.

Clark Kent

Dad, when that serum got close to the kryptonite bomb, it reacted the same way as my blood.

Martha Kent

So you're saying the serum...

Clark Kent

I know. It sounds crazy, but I think that Lionel Luthor has found a way to use my blood to bring people back to life. If my blood can save lives, maybe I should come forward. What if there's something inside me that can repair dad's heart permanently?

Jonathan Kent

Clark, your mother and I both know that you are gonna save a lot of lives in this world, even more than you have any idea.

Clark Kent

The only life I'm interested in saving is yours.

Jonathan Kent

You do. You save my life every day that you're with us. And we wouldn't trade that for a single moment without you.

Martha

[Concerned] You've hardly said anything about what happened at Summerholt.

Clark

[Distracted] Don't worry Mom, my secret is still safe.

Martha

Well, let me know if you want to talk about it.

Clark

Lara.

Clark

That was my biological mother's real name. She was my earliest memory. She sounded so scared. Her only fear was that nobody would love me.

Martha

I can't imagine the feeling of sending my baby in a lifeboat across the stars.

Clark

Because of Jor-El, I always thought that my biological parents were monsters. But she wasn't.... I just can't believe I forgot about her.

Martha

[Comforting] You didn't, Clark; your first word was "Lara". Your father and I could never figure out what it meant, but now we know.

Clark

I wish she could have met you, to see what a great mom I have.

Martha

She knows, Clark. A mother's love never dies.

Clark

It also means the prophecy came true. The blade glowed and disintegrated when they touched it, which means either Lionel or Lex is my greatest enemy.

Martha

Did you see which one grabbed it first?

Clark

No. But I don't need a blade to tell me that Lionel Luthor is a bad person.

Martha

If you're going to believe this legend, you have to face the possibility that it could be Lex.

Clark

I'm not ready to do that.

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.

Martha

She killed a man, Jonathan. We have to call the sheriff.

Jonathan

What are we gonna tell the sheriff, sweetheart, that a Kryptonian girl vaporized a federal agent?

Lois

Look, I didn't come here fishing for thanks. I think Clark might know something about my cousin Chloe's death.

Martha

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Lois

Yeah. Were she and Clark ever an item?

Martha

Oh, I think for a minute...

Lois

It's funny, I never thought she'd fall for the farm boy type.

Martha

Trust me, that can happen to the best of us.

Lois

Not me. Give me a nerd with glasses any day of the week.

Martha

Clark has many sides.

Lois

Yeah, I've seen several of them already.

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.

Martha, I can help you if you'll let me. Now, where's your son?

Martha

I don't know... He flew. He flew away.

So he's-- He has completely embraced his Kryptonian destiny.

Martha

Do you know what that destiny is?

No, but the symbol burned into your field three months ago? That's the Kryptonian symbol for "Crusade".

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.

I know this is hard to believe, but I swear, it's the truth. [Pause.] It's me, Mom. It's Clark.

Martha

You're sick, Lionel. You need help.

Mom, you have to believe me.

Martha

I'm leaving!

Mom, Mom, no! Mom, remember when I was six and I was playing tag with Dad, and all of a sudden I started running faster than I'd ever run before, and I was in the middle of Palmer woods completely lost. And you and Dad had to call Sheriff Ethan, and when you saw me, you started crying. And I thought something was wrong with me, and you said no, there wasn't. And then you held me in your arms and you told me I was just special. I'm your special boy, you said.

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...

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.

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.

Jonathan

Son, your girlfriend has problems and this relationship is not healthy. Why can't you see that?

Clark

You always told me to look for the good in people, to believe in them. And Alicia deserves a second chance.

Martha

What I don't understand is why do you continue to see her, knowing how we feel?

Clark

She kept my secret. She got shot protecting me. What else does she have to do to prove herself?