Virgil Swann quotes from Smallville

Clark Kent

What is it?

Virgil Swann

It's a message from the stars, Clark. All my life, I've been staring out into space wondering. Wondering is anybody else out there? And then 13 years ago, I got an answer.

Clark Kent

The day of the meteor shower.

Virgil Swann

One of my receiving stations picked up a faint signal. It took me years to decrypt it. And finally, I discovered a mathematical key that was built into the transmission.

Clark Kent

Can you read it?

Virgil Swann

Yes. It says "This is Kal-El of Krypton. Our infant son, our last hope. Please protect him and deliver him from evil".

Virgil Swann

I've always wondered what happened to that child, if he survived the journey, if he lived among us. And then three days ago, I saw the symbol for Hope burned onto the side of a barn in Smallville, and I found that the farmer and his wife had an adopted son.

Clark Kent

So you think I'm Kal-El? I'm just Clark Kent.

Virgil Swann

No, no, I'm not trying to expose you, Clark. I'm just... I'm just seeking the truth.

Clark Kent

I'm sorry, Doctor. The truth is, I'm not who you think I am.

Virgil Swann

If you can live with that decision, so can I. But if you walk out that door, it'll never be open to you again.

Virgil Swann

That's where Krypton was. I followed the signal's path billions of miles out into space. I was hoping to discover its origin but instead, I found nothing.

Clark Kent

Planets just don't disappear. What do you think happened to it?

Virgil Swann

Oh, it could be any one of a million different scenarios. War, famine, disease. I mean, look at the world around us. Is it really that hard to believe?

Clark Kent

Why me? There must be a reason why I was sent to this planet.

Virgil Swann

You won't find the answers by looking at the stars. It's a journey you'll have to take by looking inside yourself. You must write your own destiny...Kal-El.

Dr. Virgil Swann

Fathers often want futures that their sons reject. That struggle is as old as the human race.

Clark Kent

Except I'm not human.

Dr. Virgil Swann

Humanity is not only about biology.