Season Three

Exile

"He’s not lost, Lana. ." - Chloe Sullivan

"Pining over Clark only leads to personal misery. Trust me, I wrote the book. Now you need to move on. He obviously has." - Chloe Sullivan

"I would’ve searched for a thousand years if I thought he could be found. We can’t hold onto the past. In my heart, I will be searching for my son forever." - Lionel Luthor

"You know, Helen, black widows may be powerful predators, but every predator is somebody else’s prey." - Lionel Luthor

Phoenix

"Disappointed I’m not basking in the fires of hell?" - Lex Luthor

"Survival of the fittest. I guess you really are a Luthor now." - Lex Luthor

"I guess we all got to take a look at our dark side sooner or later." - Clark Kent

"If you stare at it long enough, it can get hard to tell the two sides apart." - Lex Luthor

"That was a Machiavellian maneuver worthy of a Luthor." - Lionel Luthor

Slumber

"Clark, it's not your responsibility to save everybody." - Martha Kent

"You've got to learn the difference between fantasy and reality." - Lex Luthor

"Lex. When you're rich, you're not crazy. You're eccentric" - Lionel Luthor

Perry

"Trust me, I have nothing to hide" - Lex Luthor

"Memories fade, but a Google search never forgets." - Perry White

Relic

"Why should I have to pay for the sins of my father?" - Lionel Luthor

"Because it's my destiny. I can't change it." - Jor-El [Joe]

Magnetic

"What good are lawyers if they can't jump through hoops?" - Lex Luthor

Shattered

"You think you know people, and you realize it's all just a facade." - Lex Luthor

"I was right about you all along, Clark. You're not even human." - Lex Luthor

Asylum

"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." - Lionel Luthor

And I'm happy for you. The both of you. Now take your little cart, and go sucker some other patient with a bank account." - Lex Luthor to Ian

"Fear is an effective sales tactic, but it doesn't work on me." - Lex Luthor

Whisper

"I may have lost my sight, but things are becoming much clearer now." - Clark Kent

"I should've known better than to take your promises at face value." - Lex Luthor

"If you thought you could throw me behind a desk and forget about me, you're making a grave mistake." - Lex Luthor

"Miss Sullivan, these coy evasions may work when your wheedling information out of a high school librarian, but up here, you're out of your league." - Lionel Luthor

"The war's just starting, and I have the greatest advantage. He thinks I'm weak." - Lex Luthor

Delete

"I have enemies in high places." - Chloe Sullivan

Velocity

"As hard as this is for you to believe, not everything that goes wrong in Smallville is Clark Kent's fault." - Jonathan Kent

"I'm not special. I'm different." - Clark Kent

Obsession

"Don't worry. I'll take care of it." - Lex Luthor

Resurrection

"The only life I'm interested in saving is yours." - Clark Kent

Crisis

"It sort of bypasses the code of ethics, but I suppose if you were successful, it could mean business." - Lex Luthor

"Nice try, Dad. But I'm not suiting up in the eleventh hour. Clean up your own mess." - Lex Luthor

Legacy

"Coincidence. That's an explanation used by fools and liars." - Lionel Luthor

Truth

"Which of your obsessive compulsive fixations is behind today's summons?" - Lex Luthor

"We all have our secrets." - Lex Luthor

Chloe: "Why do you keep doing this to yourself? Why can't you just walk away from your father?"
Lex: "Because he won't give me the only thing I've ever wanted from him."
Chloe: "And that would be?"
Lex: "I want him to love me."

Lionel: "Now, I'm losing my patience, Lex. You are constantly defensive with me. Now, tell me, damn it. What is it you want from me?"
Lex: "It doesn't really matter, Dad. I'm never going to get it."

Memoria

"You know, Clark, I always thought that your parents' corn-fed hokum made you weak, but clearly I have underestimated your dark side." - Lionel Luthor

"What brings you to Smallville, Dad? To find more evidence of little green men in the Kiwatche caves?" - Lex Luthor

Lionel: "I will not let you inflict psychological scars on my children."
Lillian: "That's why they have you, Lionel."

Lionel: "If I'd known . . . if I'd seen – things would have been so different between us."
Lex: "Yes, dad - you might have actually loved me."

Talisman

"Note to self: forward all telemarketing calls to Pete." - Chloe

"Mr. Luthor, those caves may not belong to my family, but this barn does. So get out." - Clark

"Clark, did it ever occur to you that the hero of the story...is Ziget?" - Lex Luthor

Forsaken

"Clark was probably right confiding in you instead of me. He couldn't ask for a better friend." - Lex

"I always tried to teach you, Lex - the devil's in the details. If you don't watch the details, he wins." _ Lionel

"I hate to agree with Uncle Fester, but I don't think Lana's going to Paris just to see the Mona Lisa." - Pete

Covenant

"I didn't come here for you, Lex. I came because it's the right thing to do. This friendship's over." - Clark