- Lois Lane: Look, I - I just want you to know, Clark, that when I'm sitting in the audience today at your graduation and you stand on at that stage in front of all those people, I'm going to be looking up at you and thinking one thing.
- Clark Kent: What's that?
- Lois Lane: Please, God, don't let him trip.
- Lois Lane: Nightmare? So that's what all this commotion is about?
- Jonathan Kent: Lois.
- Lois Lane: [to Clark] You know, if it makes you feel any better, I have them all the time. I had this one last week. Really scary. This guy wearing a red cape...
- Clark Kent: [sarcastic] Oh, that sounds horrible, Lois.
- Lois Lane: Clark, I know how devastated you must be but if you could just keep the tears to a minimum, I'd appreciate it.
- Clark Kent: I'll try.
- Clark Kent: Journalism. You ever thought about that? You wrote some half-decent articles in your short-lived career at the Torch.
- Lois Lane: Kill me first. Even if I could spell, the last thing I'd do is spend my time in a newsroom. With my luck, I'd probably end up across the desk from the most bumbling reporter on the masthead.
- [a meteor shower is heading towards Smallville]
- Chloe Sullivan: Hey, Clark, can you believe it? Twice in sixteen years. I mean, this is crazy. Smallville has some extraterrestrial bulls-eye on it.
- Clark Kent: It's pretty weird, huh?
- Clark Kent: Lois, I'm not sure what I'm gonna do without you.
- Lois Lane: Come on, Clark, your future's laid out right in front of you. You're gonna go to community college, major in agriculture, probably minor in law enforcement. Then you and Lana will have a nice little church wedding.
- Clark Kent: Excuse me?
- Lois Lane: It's written in the stars, and you know it. It's only a matter of time before you join the bowling league, take over the family farm and then, well, you and Lana can bring little Clark Jr. into the world.
- Clark Kent: I think you're hallucinating.
- Lois Lane: No, hallucinating would be imagining Clark Kent going off the big city to make his mark on the world. I'm just being realistic.
- Lionel Luthor: You know, for a woman without a heart, Genevieve Teague certainly did have a lot of blood.
- Lois Lane: You know, I took this career test in some magazine. It said that my perfect job would be a radio disc jockey.
- Clark Kent: That would make sense. You talk enough. There won't be any dead air.
- Lois Lane: You mock me now, Smallville, but you wait and see.
- Jonathan Kent: Do I have to remind you, Clark, the last time we had a meteor shower it was full of Kryptonite?
- Martha Kent: If the same thing happens today, it could kill you. You - You have to come with us.
- Clark Kent: I spoke to Jor-El.
- Martha Kent: [whispers] No.
- Clark Kent: He told me I have to find the other two stones right now and unite it with the one in the cave.
- Martha Kent: No. You're *my* son. You're not gonna go on some kind of suicide mission.
- Jonathan Kent: Clark. You might be stronger than steel, but you're not invincible.
- Clark Kent: I know, Dad... but I'm the only one who can do this.
- Jason Teague: I'm having what you'd call a rough day.
- Jonathan Kent: W-why don't you just - Just calm down, son.
- Jason Teague: Where's Clark?
- Jonathan Kent: He's not here. Why don't you put down the shotgun, we'll talk about it.
- [Jason shoots out the truck's windshield]
- Jason Teague: Tell me where he is!
- Martha Kent: Those meteors can kill him, Jonathan.
- Jonathan Kent: I know that, sweetheart. But if we have faith in our son, then we can't let our faith waver now.
- Lex Luthor: [to his father's unconscious body after element has caused him to have a seizure] Dad, can you hear me? You did create the son you always wanted.
- Lex Luthor: Dad, don't you think your search for these three ancient stones is starting to border on the fanatical?
- Lionel Luthor: Let me remind, you, Lex... it was you who looted the ruins of Egypt to get your hands on one of those stones.
- Lex Luthor: Trust me, Lana Lang has nothing to do with this.
- Lionel Luthor: So chivalrous of you. You are the gallant hero trying to protect the damsel in distress. Hm?
- Lex Luthor: I'm warning you. Leave her alone.
- Lionel Luthor: All your life, you've had a tendency to let the damsel lead you straight into the mouth of the dragon. Your feeling for Miss Lang, don't let them cripple your common sense, son.
- Jonathan Kent: Jason, why don't you let Martha go. She doesn't know anything about any of this.
- Jason Teague: A mother always knows her son's deep, dark secrets. Now, where does he keep the stones?
- Martha Kent: Why would Clark know about ancient stones?
- Jason Teague: All right, that's it. Come on. Let's see, when I ran into your son in Shanghai, I decided to do a little homework of my own. And the more I dug, the more Clark Kent's name just keep popping up. Sit down! Now, is it a coincidence that the symbols were burned into your field?
- Martha Kent: I don't know what you're talking about.
- [cocks shotgun]
- Jonathan Kent: Jason!
- Jason Teague: What about Clark's connection to Bridgette Crosby?
- Martha Kent: I don't know. I don't know.
- Jason Teague: She had one of the artifacts. I suppose that was just a coincidence too.
- Jonathan Kent: None of that makes any difference now.
- Jason Teague: When my mother came to Smallville... she thought the Luthors would lead her to the stones. But she was wrong. It was the farm boy. The one who has no record of ever being born. He's more connected to the stones than any of us.
- Jonathan Kent: There is a meteor shower about to tear this town apart.
- Martha Kent: You need to get to your mother, get her to safety.
- Jason Teague: Don't you think I know that? I can't find her anywhere! But I'll tell you one thing. When I do find my mother, I'll finally be able to give her the one thing she's been searching for all these years.
- [shoots at the ceiling]
- Jason Teague: Now, tell me where the stones are!
- Lex Luthor: Come on, Chloe! You're the town purveyor of all things unexplained. You damn well know about this cave and the stones.
- Chloe Sullivan: Lex, what's wrong with you?
- Lex Luthor: If you didn't break into my library, you know who did. Who are you trying to protect?
- Chloe Sullivan: No one.
- Lex Luthor: Is it Clark?
- Chloe Sullivan: Clark? Of course not. What does Clark have to do with any of this?
- Lex Luthor: You tell me. You've known Clark a lot longer than I have. In fact... you might know him better than anyone.
- Chloe Sullivan: You're right, Lex, I do. And the Clark I know is the last person to go super-thief on your library for some stupid piece of rock.