Clark Kent: I didn't know you were such a history buff.Lex Luthor: I'm not. I'm just interested in people who ruled the world before they were thirty.
Lois Lane: Are you trying to tell me that Conner is the genetic love child of Clark Kent and Lex Luthor?Clark Kent: You don't have to say it like that.
Cassandra Carver: Because we both know... you're not like other people.Clark Kent: Sure I am...Cassandra Carver: No Clark, I've seen you. Before we ever met. More than once, I've touched people and seen such pain and dispair and - But then you were there and the pain was gone. I think that's your destiny, Clark. To save people from fear and darkness. You can fear the future or you can embrace it. The choice is yours.
Martha Kent: Clark, what really happened down there?Clark Kent: When Lex pulled me out of that rubble, I saw a glimpse of something I hadn't seen in years. My friend.