3.01 Exile
Martha Kent: “The fact is, Clark doesn’t want to be found. He’ll come home to us when he’s ready. We just have to have faith.”
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Lionel Luthor: “You know Helen, black widows maybe powerful predators, but every predator is somebody else’s prey.”
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Jonathan Kent: “Clark, it’s me.”
Clark Kent: “Jonathan. How’s the farm?”
Jonathan Kent: “Clark, your mother and I love you very much and we want you to come home.”
Clark Kent: “Is that right? Hey, what about not dwelling on the past and making a fresh new start? Come on, you can admit it. You’re happier I’m gone.”
Jonathan Kent: “Son, that’s not true.”
Clark Kent: “I’m not your son! And you’re not my parents, you never have been! You never will be!”
Lana Lang: “Clark, what is the matter with you? Your parents love you! I love you.”
Clark Kent: “Do you always betray the people you love?”
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Jonathan Kent: “Hello, Clark.”
Clark Kent: “Jonathan Kent. Isn’t it a little past your bedtime? How’d you find me?”
Jonathan Kent: “Your biological father.”
Clark Kent: “You two are working together now, huh? That’s cute. But I didn’t listen to him and I’m certainly not gonna listen to you.”
3.02 Phoenix
Clark Kent: Looks like the old man’s been working out!
Jonathan Kent: Jor-El and I have an understanding. I’m taking you home.
Clark Kent: I don’t care what he’s done to you. You’re not taking me anywhere.
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Jonathan Kent: “You don’t realize how dangerous you are when you’re wearing that ring!”
Clark Kent: “It’s not the ring. I was born that way. You just can’t accept it.”
[Jonathan sees the Kryptonian symbol burned on Clarks chest]
Jonathan Kent: “What in the hell did Jor-El do to you, Clark?”
Clark Kent: “He made sure I’d never forget who my real father is.”
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Lana Lang: “How could you let everyone worry like that?”
Chloe Sullivan: “Because the more pressure I put on him, the more he pulled away. I mean, you saw him, Lana. He wasn’t exactly the charming flannel king we all know and love. It was like he was a…”
Lana Lang: “A different person.”
Chloe Sullivan: “Yeah. Let’s face it, Lana. Clark has more issues than “Rolling Stone.”
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Lex Luthor: “Abraham threw Isaac on the pyre to prove his faith to God. What was your excuse?”
Lionel Luthor: “Lex? Son…”
Lex Luthor: “Disappointed I’m not basking in the fires of hell?”
Lionel Luthor: “Lex. Put the gun down.”
Lex Luthor: “Sorry I screwed up your plan.”
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Lana Lang: “How could you let everyone worry like that?”
Chloe Sullivan: “Because the more pressure I put on him, the more he pulled away. I mean, you saw him, Lana Lang. He wasn’t exactly the charming flannel king we all know and love. It was like he was a…”
Lana Lang: “A different person.”
Chloe Sullivan: “Yeah. Let’s face it, Lana. Clark has more issues than “Rolling Stone.”
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Jonathan Kent: “We can’t accept this.”
Lex Luthor: “There’s nothing to accept but my gratitude. After the plane went down, I made my way into one of the broken wings. This compass, your wedding present, guided me to safe harbor. The least I can do is help you keep your farm.”
Jonathan Kent: “We will find a way to pay you back.”
Lex Luthor: “I’m not worried about that, Mr. Kent. If it’s not too presumptuous, I hope you’ll just consider me part of the family.”
3.03 Extinction
Lex Luthor: “How many times have I come face to face with death and walked away without a scratch? I’ve practically lost count.”
Clark Kent: “Weirder things have happened.”
Lex Luthor: “All this time I thought the reason I survived that Porsche accident was because of you, Clark. Now I’m not so sure. See, I’ve always tried to explain everything by looking outside myself. But maybe the truth lies inside my own physiology. Maybe I am a freak.”
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Chloe Sullivan: “Since when is curiousity a crime?”
Clark Kent: “Since someone took your database and turned it into a personal hit list.”
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Lex Luthor: “I knew Van was misguided, but I’m not so sure he’s insane.”
Clark Kent: “What makes you say that?”
Lex Luthor: “Churchill once said “Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge.”
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Lana Lang: “Clark, if you don’t open up to the people that love you, you’ll always be alone. I can’t believe you want to spend your life like that.”
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Clark Kent: “Look, I know this is gonna sound bizarre, but this kid Van, he’s convinced that the meteor rocks in Smallville have altered certain people.”
Lex Luthor: “What do you mean by altered?”
Clark Kent: “He thinks they’ve developed different abilities than the rest of us, and he’s hunting them. Lex, he had a hit list. They found it in his cabin, and you’re on it.”
Lex Luthor: “Clark, the only abilities I have are playing the market and falling for the wrong women.”
3.04 Slumber
Chloe Sullivan: “Clark Kent dreaming of the girl next door. Isn’t nice to know that some things never change?”
Clark Kent: “Right now I’m just trying to stay awake.”
Chloe Sullivan: “Yeah, even Red Bull has its limits. Trust me. I’ve tested them.”
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Clark Kent: “Pete, did you see that guy?”
Pete Ross: “What guy?”
Clark Kent: “How could you miss him? He had a big red cape on!”
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Clark Kent: “You don’t think I’m nuts?”
Lana Lang: “Clark, I think you have a lot of issues, but I do not think you have lost your mind.”
3.05 Perry
Perry White: “I made exactly two mistakes in my life, kid. The first was getting into journalism.”
Clark Kent: “What was the second?”
Perry White: “Thinking it mattered.”
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Clark Kent: “According to NASA the sun took a direct hit from a comet today, causing one of the biggest solar flares ever to be recorded.”
Martha Kent: “Oh, you sound intrigued.”
Clark Kent: ” Actually it’s a relief to be researching a cosmic disaster that has nothing to do with me.”
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Clark Kent: “Mr. White, don’t do this.”
Perry White: “See, the way I figure it, you’re strong, you’re shockproof, you’re incredibly fast. Plus you’re cursed with this hero complex.”
Clark Kent: “Yeah, why don’t you come back down on the deck and we’ll talk about that.”
Perry White: “No. Not till I have my story.”
Clark Kent: “Wait, Mr. White? Look, you’re wrong about me.”
Perry White: ” I’m betting you’ll save me, Clark.”
3.06 Relic
Clark Kent: “Since when can you take police records out of City Hall?”
Chloe Sullivan: “Since I caught the clerk and his girlfriend playing cops and robbers while on the job.”
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Joe: “When I said I wasn’t from here, I wasn’t talking about Smallville. Where I’m from we have colors that you’ve never seen. Our moons are so close they fill up half the sky. We have sunsets that last for hours.”
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Clark Kent: “I think Jor-El was sent here as some kind of rite of passage. Grandpa Kent was down here too. He told Joe that if there was anything he needed…”
Jonathan Kent: “What is it, Clark?”
Clark Kent: “I don’t think you and Mom found me by accident… I think you were chosen.”
3.07 Magnetic
Chloe Sullivan: “Finally. I didn’t think you were gonna show. Not that Clark Kent ever operates on the same speed as the rest of the world.”
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Chloe Sullivan: “How do I know you’re not just playing me here?”
Lex Luthor: [sarcastic] “You’re right, Chloe. I could be. I often bring high school girls to the morgue to show them what happens when trained professionals cross my father.”
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Seth Nelson: “I love this ride.”
Lana Lang: “Yeah, me too. It reminds me that there’s a world out there beyond Smallville. I’m going to leave one day.”
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Chloe Sullivan: “You’re a Luthor, so it’s a given that you’re unscrupulous, but I really thought that petty larceny was beneath you, Lex.”
Lex Luthor: “Can you be a little more specific with the charge?”
Chloe Sullivan: “I caught some creep in my office trying steal one of my computers. I figured either you or your father hired him.”
Lex Luthor: “But you’re accusing me.”
Chloe Sullivan: “You’re what they euphemistically call the lesser of two evils.”
Lex Luthor: “I admire your take-charge attitude. Barging in here and accusing me took guts… or sheer stupidity.”
3.08 Shattered
Clark Kent: “Don’t underestimate farm boys. Baling all that hay can make you pretty strong.”
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Lex Luthor: “We’ll have a nice father-son chat.”
Lionel Luthor: “All right, sit down.”
Lex Luthor: “About how you and Morgan Edge killed my grandparents and how you’re drugging me to make the world think I’m crazy. And hey, why not do the whole thing on Oprah, you know? Spill our dysfunctional guts on national TV like regular families do.”
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Chloe Sullivan: “You know I want to believe that this is a conspiracy just as much as you do, believe me, but I think we need to start preparing ourselves for the possibility that Lex really is losing his mind.”
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Lex Luthor: “You know what disappoints me, Dad?”
Lionel Luthor: “All right, tell me.”
Lex Luthor: “You hired pros to kill me. You always taught me, “If you want something done right, son, do it yourself!”
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Clark Kent: “Lex… I’m your friend. I would never do anything to hurt you.”
Lex Luthor: “What’d you do? Did you betray Edge too? Is that why he beat you to a pulp? Tell me Clark! What’s the price of a Judas kiss these days?”
3.09 Asylum
Martha Kent: “You know, you can save the whole world, Clark, but you got to take care of your own heart, too.”
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Lionel Luthor: “When your attempt to escape failed, you sabotaged my efforts to have you released, to be cared for at home.”
Lex Luthor: “But I told you. I’m cured. A cured patient doesn’t belong in a hospital.”
Lionel Luthor: “Oh, it’s painful to see you like this. You know I have your best interest at heart, don’t you?”
Lex Luthor: “The only interest you have… is staying out of prison. I’m not insane, and you know it.”
Lionel Luthor: “It’s sad to see a man who’s lost his mind. But it’s tragic when he’s convinced himself that he’s sane.”
3.10 Whisper
Chloe Sullivan: “Believe it or not, Clark, I was trying to help you.”
Clark Kent: “Oh, by spying on me.”
Chloe Sullivan: “No, by just trying to understand why he’s so intrigued with you.”
Clark Kent: “And if the Torch got a few new computers and you made a name for yourself at the Daily Planet, that was okay too. For all the times you accused me of keeping secrets, how could you do this to me?!”
Chloe Sullivan: “He just… he caught me at an especially bad time. And I caved. I’ve been trying to get out of it ever since, but when people like Lionel Luthor have you, they don’t want to let go. You know, I thought that you out of all people would understand making a stupid decision in a moment of weakness. But I guess I was wrong.”
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Clark Kent: “I may have lost my sight, but things are becoming much clearer now. Exactly how long have you and Lionel been looking into my life?”
Chloe Sullivan: “Since last spring. The day after Lex’s wedding.”
Clark Kent: “When you saw me and Lana together. Is that why you did this? [Chloe doesn't answer] Your silence is deafening.”
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Pete Ross: “You know, what can I say? Chicks dig a hero.”
Clark Kent: “Uh-huh.”
Pete Ross: “Hope you don’t mind I’m bending the truth a little bit.”
Clark Kent: “Pete, look who you’re talking to. The master truth-bender.”
3.11 Delete
Clark Kent: “You’re not the same person you used to be.”
Chloe Sullivan: “Kind of like if I moved to Metropolis and became a motorcycle-riding party animal and told you to get out of my life. Kind of like that, right?”
3.12 Hereafter
Jordan Cross: “I had a vision of you too when you grabbed me in the hallway.”
Clark Kent: “What do you mean? What’d you see?”
Jordan Cross: “Like you don’t have an end like other people. It’s like you live forever.”
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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.”
3.13 Velocity
Pete Ross: “I’m okay at hoops. I’m a decent photographer. But you saw that crowd last night. You heard them chanting my name. And for once in my life, I finally get to feel what you feel like every single day. I get to feel special.”
Clark Kent: “Pete, I’m not special. I’m different.”
Pete Ross: “Clark, who do you think you’re kidding? You can do things that I could never even dream of. And ever since we were kids, even before I knew your secret, I’ve always been walking in your shadow.”
Clark Kent: “Pete, that’s not true.”
Pete Ross: “Clark, don’t get me wrong. It’s not a bad place to be. But I’m growing up. I’m realizing that I got my own talents.”
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Jonathan Kent: “In the world, things aren’t always black and white. Sometimes you gotta wander out into the gray areas and do what you think is best.”
3.14 Obsession
Chloe Sullivan: “Welcome to the Lionel Luthor exhibit. Next floor: Victims, sycophants, and hatchet men.”
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Clark Kent: “She’s gone.”
Jonathan Kent: “What did she do, Clark, climb out the window?”
Clark Kent: “Actually, she teleported.”
Jonathan Kent: “You’re gonna have to run that by me one more time.”
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Lex Luthor: “You go on one date with this girl, and already she’s sneaking into your bedroom, putting sexy pictures of herself in your locker, and practically asking your parents to book the wedding chapel. What’s your secret, Clark?”
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Clark Kent: “I just think that maybe we need to set some boundaries. You know, maybe some limitations.
Alicia: We’re special, Clark. People like us don’t need boundaries and limitations.”
3.15 Resurrection
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.”
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Lana Lang: “I should’ve said something about Adam sooner. I feel so guilty.”
Clark Kent: “None of this was your fault.”
Lana Lang: “Still, I let him threaten me into silence.”
Clark Kent: “Because you knew it would put people in danger. I understand keeping secrets for that reason.”
3.16 Crisis
Chloe Sullivan: “Clark, how did you hear that?”
Clark Kent: “I guess I missed too many Linkin Park concerts.”
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Lana Lang: “Clark, there’s still something I don’t understand. How did you get from the hotline to the storage unit in a split second?”
Clark Kent: “It took me more than a few seconds… maybe it had something to do with the weird time anomaly. You know, there’s something that I don’t understand either. Why did you call the hotline instead of the police?”
Lana Lang: “Because I knew you’d be there.”
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Lana Lang: “Maybe it’s time to stop being so afraid. I’ve always thought that my life is so mapped out for me, but you know, maybe we have more control over the future than we think.”
3.17 Legacy
Lana Lang: “Clark, it’s gonna be okay. There isn’t anything that you can’t recover from.”
Clark Kent: “What if you screw up something so badly you can never get it back.”
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Jonathan Kent: “This is your last warning. Stay away from my son.”
Lionel Luthor: “If you’d raised your son the way I raised mine, maybe you wouldn’t have to protect him. You know, weakness isn’t something you’re born with. You learn it. And Clark learned his from you.”
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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.”
3.18 Truth
Clark Kent: “Congratulations Chloe. Within twenty-four hours you’ve managed to tick off the entire school.”
Chloe Sullivan: “Well, you don’t earn your press pass by making friends.”
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Clark Kent: “Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”
Lana Lang: “Because I didn’t want anyone to talk me out of it. And the truth is, I knew you were the only person that could.”
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Chloe Sullivan: When you found me on the bridge, I was on my way here. I was gonna ask your parents all the questions you would never answer… look, I know “I’m sorry” has become a recurring motif in our relationship, but…”
Clark Kent: “No, Chloe, look, I appreciate your honesty, but you weren’t yourself.”
Chloe Sullivan: “I really wish I could believe that. But there have been so many times when my curiosity has gotten the best of me. Maybe this is just who I am.”
Clark Kent: “No. You’re going after the truth. Chloe, there’s nothing wrong with that.”
Chloe Sullivan: “Unless it hurts the people you care most about. I’m just afraid that one day I’m gonna push too hard, and I’m not gonna get the chance to say I’m sorry.”
Clark Kent: “Today’s not that day.”
3.19 Memoria
Martha Kent: [Concerned] “You’ve hardly said anything about what happened at Summerholt.”
Clark Kent: [Distracted] “Don’t worry Mom, my secret is still safe.”
Martha Kent: “Well, let me know if you want to talk about it.”
[Martha turns to leave the loft]
Clark Kent: “Lara.”
[Martha stops, she looks back at Clark]
Clark Kent: “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 Kent: “I can’t imagine the feeling of sending my baby in a lifeboat across the stars.”
Clark Kent: ” 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 Kent: [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 Kent: “I wish she could have met you, to see what a great mom I have.”
Martha Kent: “She knows, Clark. A mother’s love never dies.”
[Clark & Martha embrace]
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Lex Luthor: “I told you to let it go, but you kept pursuing it. You even involved my father.”
Clark Kent: “Yeah, well, believe me, Lex. He’s the last person I’d ask for help, but I didn’t have any other options.”
Lex Luthor: ” He betrayed you, Clark. He stopped my sessions with Garner by offering you up as a lab rat. I’ve tried to keep my father away from you, but he’s obsessed. If I’d got back those seven weeks, I could’ve finally stopped him.
Clark Kent: ” Maybe, Lex. Or maybe you’d make it worse. You’re always telling me how you don’t want to turn into your father, and I truly believe that. But the more you two go at each other, the more like him you become. And the more people get hurt.”
Lex Luthor: “I will never become my father. I would never sacrifice you or anybody I cared about to bring him down.”
Clark Kent: “Lex…. why does your father hate you so much?”
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Dr. Garner: “What’s the matter, Mr. Kent? You’re not looking well.”
Clark Kent: “You have to stop what you’re doing.”
Dr. Garner: “You’ve always been intriqued with my research. Now, you’re going to have the opportunity to be a part of it.”
3.20 Talisman
Pete Ross: [on the telephone] “Why won’t you listen to me? I told you I don’t want to talk about it!”
Chloe Sullivan: “Note to self: Forward all telemarketing calls to Pete.”
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Clark Kent: “I know you want to believe it, but I’m not your savior. I mean, did you ever think that Jeremiah really is Naman? He has all the abilities foretold in the prophecy, and he’s gonna try and kill Segeeth.”
Professor Willowbrook: “True. But he did not fall from the sky in a rain of fire. Jeremiah’s desperate to be someone he’s not. And you are desperate not be someone you are.”
Clark Kent: “Professor, I may be confused about who I am, but one thing I’m not is a killer.”
Professor Willowbrook: “You’d be surprised what you’re capable of when the time comes.”
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Jonathan Kent: “Clark, the Kawatche think that you’re a savior. Jor-El wants you to be a conqueror. Now, knife or not, you can’t let other people tell you what to be.”
Clark Kent: “Who do you think I’ll become?
Jonathan Kent: “I don’t know. You can be the world’s greatest hero or its most mild-mannered citizen, but the only person who can write your story, is you.”
3.21 Forsaken
Lana Lang: “Emily, you can’t just force someone to be your friend. It’s something that happens over time when you trust each other.”
Emily Dinsmore: “I know what a friend is. A friend is someone who would stand up for you and protect you. A friend is someone who would jump in a river to save you from drowning, even if it meant they had to give up their own life for you. You don’t need to tell me what it means to be a friend.”
Lana Lang: “Then you know that a friend would never keep me locked up in here.”
Emily Dinsmore: “Get used to it. I did.”
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Pete Ross: “I’m moving to Wichita with my mom.”
Clark Kent: “No, Pete. I thought that… What about senior year? Pete, you can’t do this because of me.”
Pete Ross: “I know that I told you keeping your secret wasn’t hard. But I lied. I walk around every day afraid that I’m gonna slip up.”
Clark Kent: “Well, why didn’t you tell me sooner?”
Pete Ross: “Because you needed a friend. And so did I.”
Clark Kent: “You don’t have to move away. You don’t have to change your whole life. There’s got to be a way. No one even has to know we’re friends.”
Pete Ross: “There’s a lot of things that I can handle. But I could never live with myself if I betrayed you.”
3.22 Covenant
Kara: “Come with me, Kal-El. Come home.”
Clark Kent: “This is my home.”
Kara: “I know it seems that way. But sooner or later, everyone you know here will lie, betray, or leave you.”
Clark Kent: ” No matter what you say, I’ll never go with you.”
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Clark Kent: “I can’t fly.”
Kara: “Not yet. This is just the beginning, Kal-El. You have no idea how powerful you’ll become.”
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Kara [to Jonathan]: “Tell Kal-El what you did.”
Clark Kent: “What kind of deal did you make, Dad?”
Jonathan Kent: “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 Kent: “Jonathan, you didn’t do that…”
Jonathan Kent: “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.”
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Clark Kent [to Lex Luthor]: “Ever since I’ve met you, I’ve been defending you, making excuses for you to people like Pete, like my parents. Telling them, ‘You can trust Lex Luthor. He’s a good guy. He’s nothing like his father’. I was wrong.”
