- Martha Kent: [to Clark] How can you be as fast as lightning and as slow as molasses at the same time?
- Clark Kent: I helped the Luthors get a foothold on this community. The smokestacks, the toxic dumping, all the people who were cheated, including Pete's family; none of that would have happened if it weren't for me.
- Clark Kent: Dad, you couldn't have known.
- Jonathan Kent: No, I should've known, Clark. I knew exactly what kind of a man Lionel Luthor was.
- Clark Kent: Why didn't you tell me?
- Jonathan Kent: 'Cause I knew that you would do exactly what you're doing, which is blame yourself.
- Clark Kent: You were trying to protect me. It is my fault.
- Jonathan Kent: No. You never believe that. This was my decision, this is my fault. Mine alone.
- Lana Lang: Do you remember that guy in the photo with my mom? I kind of found out who he was. His name's Henry Small. I went to his house.
- Clark Kent: How'd it go?
- Lana Lang: Well, uh... he hates the Talon, hates the Luthors, compared me to the Nazis, and told me to never come back again.
- Clark Kent: Chloe. I'm so glad I found you.
- Chloe Sullivan: Okay, there's a sentence I never thought I'd hear again.
- Clark Kent: We both did and said things that we regret. I know I did.
- Chloe Sullivan: Look, you have to believe that I would burn my press pass if I thought it would come between us.
- Clark Kent: No, you wouldn't. It's too much of who you are, and right now I need it.
- Clark Kent: Chloe, what I said about your mother, I was way out of line.
- Chloe Sullivan: It's cool. We all have family secrets, I guess. She left when I was five, so... I came downstairs and there was my dad trying to make waffles. He never even really explained why she left. It was weird.
- Clark Kent: I'm sorry.
- Chloe Sullivan: It's just hard thinking you weren't good enough for someone to love.
- Clark Kent: [taking her hand] Don't ever think that.
- Henry Small: I got your letter. And yes, you did ambush me, but from the way you describe yourself, it might just be a habit you got from me.
- Lana Lang: So you are my father?
- Henry Small: I don't know. But I'm willing to find out.
- Lex Luthor: Rachel Dunleavy came to see me. She says you and I have a few chromosomes in common. My father's chromosomes, to be exact.
- Clark Kent: You mean...?
- Lex Luthor: Personally, I think I got all the looks in the family.
- Clark Kent: Lex, I don't know what happened between her and your father, but... she's not my mother.
- Lex Luthor: Trust me, I'm as skeptical about her as you are. For all I know, this is some elaborate scheme to win a paternity suit against my father.
- Clark Kent: Did you ask him about it?
- Lex Luthor: I didn't want to make any accusations until I had more facts. It's not hard to imagine; in the annals of extramarital exploits, my father probably has his own chapter.
- Clark Kent: Why are you so obsessed about my mother? Do I ask you questions about yours?
- Chloe Sullivan: No, I guess not.
- Clark Kent: Yeah, that's because she hasn't shown her face here in years. If you want to find somebody's mother, find your own.
- Chloe Sullivan: [near tears] I know where she is, Clark! The difference is she's not interested in me.
- Lex Luthor: So, what do you think, Clark? No chance we could be brothers?
- Clark Kent: As cool as that would be, Lex, we're not.
- Lana Lang: I think he may be my biological father.
- Chloe Sullivan: Wow. Are you okay?
- Lana Lang: I think so. I wanna find out everything there is to know about him. I thought maybe you could help. But if you don't feel comfortable, it's...
- Chloe Sullivan: Actually, I'm flattered. It's nice that someone trusts me enough with their big family secret.
- Lana Lang: Then you'll do it?
- Chloe Sullivan: You know, I could tell you where he went to college, I can tell you how many outstanding parking tickets he has, I can even pull up his dental records and let you know if he flosses regularly. But if you really want to know who he is, I would suggest using the high-tech research device called the doorbell.
- Clark Kent: Dominic told me you got in a fight with your father before he got shot. Why didn't you tell the police?
- Lex Luthor: So you're implying I pulled the trigger?
- Clark Kent: It's not like I haven't seen you shot someone before.
- Lex Luthor: Get out of here before you say something you'll really regret.
- Clark Kent: I'm not going anywhere, not until I get some answers. Are you trying to frame my dad?
- Lex Luthor: After all this time, I thought you knew me better than the average tabloid reader.
- Clark Kent: If you don't start trusting me the truth, what else am I to think?
- Lex Luthor: Stay out of it, Clark
- Clark Kent: My dad's life's at stake here!
- Lex Luthor: So is my father's. Goodbye, Clark.
- Chloe Sullivan: [talking about how her mom left] It's just hard thinking you weren't good enough for someone to love.
- Lex Luthor: You knew my mother?
- Rachel Dunleavy: And your father. He and I became very close. He got me pregnant and made me give the child up for adoption.
- Lex Luthor: You're claiming that Clark...? That Clark and I...?
- Rachel Dunleavy: He's your brother, Lex.