(Years ago when I was very active in the Lois & Clark fandom, I put a list together of all my favorite quotes from that show. And then it grew. There are probably a few more that I could add to it because I know I don’t have every episode represented. I may even one day create a video with all these clips. But, just for fun, I thought I’d throw it out there.)
“Lois is . . . well, she’s complicated. Domineering. Uncompromising. Pigheaded.” … “Brilliant.” (THE PILOT)
“What he can’t do it doesn’t matter. It’s the idea of Superman. Someone to believe in. Someone to build a few hopes around. Whatever he can do, that’s enough.” (NEVER-ENDING BATTLE)
“There is you, there is me, there is no us” (REQUIEM FOR A SUPERHERO)
“But Perry, partnership is like marriage.” “That’s right, you’ve got to work at it.” “It takes patience and understanding and a willingness to be supportive.” “I know, honey. Fake it.” (REQUIEM FOR A SUPERHERO)
“Superman wants to help and he will . . . I know Superman . . . Superman is the type of man that makes things happen. I mean, he’s good-looking and he’s good, but the thing you notice most about him is how much you can count on him” (ALL SHOOK UP)
“How did you?” “If I told you, then it wouldn’t . . . be . . . magic.” (ILLUSIONS OF GRANDEUR)
“It’s crazy really . . . That I had the gall to think that Superman was mine, er, Metropolis’. I mean, unselfishly speaking, I suppose he should belong to the whole world, but, selfishly speaking, I thought this was his home .” “Lois… you’d be surprised. You… Metropolis has a stronger hold on Superman than you may think. ” “Maybe, but the fact remains, I have no hold on him at all.” (VATMAN)
“Mayson likes me, Clark, but she hates Superman. Which is kinda confusing because Lois loves Superman but only likes Clark. Mayson likes Clark, but in a different way than Lois, and Mayson hates Superman in a way that’s different from anybody. “ (CHURCH OF METROPOLIS)
“I know our relationship has always been difficult to define, but, when I thought about how much I missed you, how much I was going to miss you for the rest of my life, well, I started to think, maybe there’s more to our relationship than just friendship. (Seeing him asleep). Or, maybe not?” (THAT OLD GANG OF MINE)
“Embarrassed? Does he think that because he couldn’t defeat some robot that that changes the way I feel about him? Clark, that’s not what attracts me. It’s . . . it’s his intelligence and caring. He’s . . . he has integrity and an innate goodness. I mean, he’s—he’s a lot like you” (METALLO)
“A mild-mannered reporter really a superhero? Clark, come on.” (CHI OF STEEL)
“Oh, I can’t leave town. In two days, I have an exclusive interview with the President of the United States, and it’s not that often I get to meet someone with such incredible power. Except for you, I mean, but you’re different. I mean, not different in an obvious way, but, you know, you’re just sort of more than a story and . . . I don’t know. You know. You’re, you’re . . . Well, you know what you are. Don’t you?” (RETURN OF THE PRANKSTER)
“No, no, no, Miss Lane, not stupid, blind. It is one of the many things that makes your story so timeless. Why children never tire of hearing it at bedtime. Why parents never outgrow it. Generation after generation, we are all blinded by love, Miss Lane. Especially that one great love that changes us forever.” (TEMPUS FUGITIVE)
“You live above us, and, when we try and bring you down here, we just end up showing the worst sides of ourselves. I tried to love you. I realized that that was selfish, because you’re not just here for me, you’re here for all of us. I’ll always need you, and I’ll always be your friend, but there’s someone here who needs me, and I just need to figure out how to get him to see that.” (WHINE, WHINE, WHINE)
“Boy, do I know how to pick em. I thought I knew you. I thought you were a decent and straight up guy. I thought that you were last honest man. I thought that you were . . . I thought that you were Clark Kent. Who are you?” (AND THE ANSWER IS . .)
“I don’t know how I feel about you. There is no one-way. I feel so many things, and all at once: happy, kinda scared too, excited, calm, lost, found. I feel safe in a way that I’ve never known but in danger too. This thing between us, whatever it is, it’s stronger than me. Being with you is stronger than me alone.” (ORDINARY PEOPLE)
“Yes, I love Clark. I love him so much, and he is so dumb.” (WHEN IRISH EYES ARE KILLING)
“You know, that boy’ll walk on water for you. Or drown trying.” (JUST SAY NOAH)
“Of course, I trust you, and I respect you more than anyone else I’ve ever met. And, you know, if I do get angry, it’s only because I have never opened up to somebody so much in my whole life. And it hurts me when I feel like that trust isn’t returned. And you know you put up with me for the same reason I put up with you — it’s because I’m completely in love with you!” (JUST SAY NOAH)
Ever since we met . . . actually, ever since I took the time to listen, something about you always made sense to me. Even when a huge part of you didn’t make any sense, there was a part deep down that did. That’s the part that touches me. Just makes sense out of life.” (DON’T TUG ON SUPERMAN’S CAPE)
“You know, if somebody had asked me three days ago who the one person in the world I admired most was, I’d have said you. But, without really knowing what that meant. Without understanding that the hardest thing about being you is all the things you can’t do. All the cries for help that you can’t answer. And how that quietly tears you apart. But it never stops you. And after living a little of that myself, I realized something. Something that I never thought was possible. I love you more. More than I ever have and more than I ever thought I could love anyone” (ULTRA WOMAN)
“Mother, don’t do this. You’re projecting your troubles with Daddy onto Clark and me. We’re different.” “Sure. You think you know Clark. I thought I knew your father. He was a brilliant surgeon, I was his loyal nurse. We had it all, but apparently it wasn’t enough for Sam.” “I know. It was really a bad thing that happened. But at some point I had to decide whatever hell Daddy was going through was his, and not let it wreck the rest of my life. And… I think you should stop letting it wreck yours. ” (HOME IS WHERE THE HURT IS)
“Clark, ask me to scour the Earth, wake up every cop, knock on every door, but please don’t ask me to walk away from you. I don’t know how to do that.” (IT’S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL)
“Well, that’s too bad. Because as loud and cluttered and sloppy as this world is, it’s also full of passion, feelings. Like I have for Lois. And feeling like that, that is the greatest thing there is. This thing that I have with Lois, it’s the kind of thing you never, ever let go of because it is one of the few perfect things in this world. And I value that above all else. Above my own life.” (BIG GIRLS DON’T FLY)
“I kept waiting for this incredible feeling of connection. You know, like I was exactly where I belonged, but that’s only happened to me once in my life . . . The day I met you.” (BATTLEGROUND EARTH)
“Lois, I have loved you from the moment I saw you. I love your humor, your passion, the way you just dive right in, even when you shouldn’t. Because you refuse to just watch the world. You demand that it be a better place, and, because of you, it is. And, today, I want to give you as much of the world as I can. So, I give you my heart, my soul, our future.“ ”Clark, you’re my best friend. Until I met you, I never had a best friend. And falling in love with you has been so easy, I don’t know why I fought it so long. You have such gentle grace and such quiet strength and mostly such incredible kindness. I’ve never known anyone with as pure a heart, and, so, today, I give you my love, and my honor and our life together.” (SWEAR TO GOD, THIS TIME WE’RE NOT KIDDING)
“Perhaps Clark Kent isn’t (from Earth), but, your soul, it comes from a place beyond planets, beyond time, where we . . . where we all come from. And the power of your love is what brings your souls together, time after time. You see, that is the one absolute: Wherever she is, you are.” (SOULMATES)
“You know, you’re not the only one who fights for truth, justice and the American way. In fact, as I recall, I’m the person that coined that phrase. “ “You know what I think? I think you have a real problem with the fact that I’m the one in the family wearing the tights. Pants. I mean pants.” (STOP THE PRESSES)
“Clark, there’s a greater truth to protect here, and, that’s the idea of who Superman is. If you tell them that you’re married, that you have feelings and desires like everybody else, then that image of a hero is shattered. It’s gone. People need to believe in that mythic truth. That is what Superman is all about, and that is what you should protect above all else.” (SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE)
“I see so much of the bad in people. Crime and violence. But, to see the good things, it sort of recharges my spirit. Just like the sun recharges Superman’s powers, well, these small things, they sort of recharge me. Honey, you sustain me.” (AKA SUPERMAN)
“You’ll never be Superman. It’s not the suit. It’s not even the powers. It’s something you’ll never have. Character. To be Superman you have to care about something. Something other than yourself.” (I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN)
“Once upon a time, there was a little boy who had to leave his home because his planet was going to explode. And, his mommy and daddy, they didn’t have time to build a spaceship big enough for the whole family, so they built one just for him so that he had time to escape. And, then, he traveled millions and millions of miles through space until he landed here, on Earth. And he was really, really scared too because he missed his home and his mommy and daddy, just like you guys. But, you know who that little boy turned out to be? This little boy turned out to be Superman. You know what he did? He reached down inside, and he found out that he was also really, really brave. So, when you’re your most sad or your most scared, you just remember that Superman was scared once too. And, if you believe in yourself, then everything will work out for the best. The end.” (TOY STORY)
“Lois, I want you to hear me. Okay? Really hear me. Every time . . . every time we make love, we make love. That’s the strongest life force there is, and, whether or not that results in another little person, for me it is creation.” “I have not for one second doubted in us. We live the impossible. A child is something brought about by love, isn’t it? Well, then that, above all else, has got to be possible for us.” (FAMILY HOUR)