- Lionel Luthor: I believe that we're put on this Earth for a reason, Clark. Our task in life is to find out what that reason is. Sometimes we can't do that alone.
- Clark Kent: Dad? You okay? Mom and I have been worried sick about you. You can't just take off like that.
- Jonathan Kent: How'd you know to find me out here?
- Clark Kent: When I'm searching for answers, I turn to my dad. I guess it runs in the family.
- Jonathan Kent: Your grandfather was the stubbornest man I ever knew. And believe me, Clark, I wasn't nearly the son you are. My mother used to say that he and I were like watching two sides of the same coin, duking it out. And I see the way you and Jor-El fight, and I wonder if maybe fathers and sons were the same on Krypton.
- Clark Kent: Except he's not my father. You are.
- Jonathan Kent: Yeah. I am your father who turns his back on you when you need him the most. I am your father who forces you to run away. My father never would have done that. I wish I had his strength and his wisdom.
- Clark Kent: Dad, you do.
- Jonathan Kent: Clark, I don't know how to protect you anymore.
- Clark Kent: It's not your job. Your job is to teach me how to protect myself. But that doesn't mean I don't need you. Mom needs you, too. Let's go home.
- Clark Kent: You're never gonna find what you're looking for.
- Lionel Luthor: I'm much closer than you think.
- Lex Luthor: You know, Dad... They say mental illness is hereditary. I'm willing to accept my break with reality. Are you?
- Lionel Luthor: Oh, Lex, men of vision have so often been mocked. Galileo knew it was the Earth that orbited the sun and he was sentenced to death for that discovery.
- Lex Luthor: Where's the inquisition when you need it?