- Superman: I heard you wanted to see me.
- Lois Lane: Yes, come in. I'll just put on a robe.
- Superman: Unless it's lined with lead Lois, it's a waste of time.
- Lois Lane: I guess so. Well I'm just trying to figure out... I have a lot of changes going on in my life, and I just want to make the right decision, and I can't do that until I know how you feel. Superman, is there any hope for us--you and me? I'm so completely in love with you, I can't do anything else without knowing.
- Superman: Lois, I do care for you, but there are things about me that you don't know--that you may never know.
- Lois Lane: It doesn't matter--I know you. I don't mean 'you' the celebrity or 'you' the superhero... If you had no powers at all--if you were just an ordinary man leading an ordinary life, I would love you just the same. Can't you believe that?
- Superman: I wish I could Lois, but under the circumstances, I don't see how I can.
- [Lois turns away; Superman flies out the window. Lois turns back to see he's gone with tears in her eyes]
- Clark Kent: When I thought about losing my job, about saying goodbye to Perry and Jimmy and everyone, I realized something... I realized I could lose all of that and still go on. I realize that there was really only one thing that I didn't want to live without--and that was you. Seeing you every day, working with you--just being with you...
- Lois Lane: Well that's why you should come and be my partner...
- Clark Kent: No, Lois! Listen to me. I'm not talking about partnership--I'm talking about us. I have been in love with you for a long time--you had to have known.
- Lois Lane: I mean, I knew... I--I mean, I guess I knew that you liked me, or were attracted to me. Oh Clark, I'm sorry--I just don't feel that way about you--romantically. You're my best friend, and the only partner I could ever stand to work with. I admire you, and I respect you, and I do love you... as a friend.
- Clark Kent: [Clark stands]
- Clark Kent: And what about Luthor? Do you love him?
- Lois Lane: I don't know... I mean, I have feelings for him. I haven't said yes yet, and I won't until I talk it over with someone else.
- Clark Kent: Who?
- Lois Lane: I think you know who. If you see him, will you tell him I'm looking for him?
- Clark Kent: [whispers] Yeah.
- Mrs. Cox: How does this affect your proposal to Lois Lane?
- Lex Luthor: Well it's designed to help. If you wish to utterly defeat a battlefield opponent, you must destroy their support systems, their allies, and any avenue of retreat.
- Mrs. Cox: Lois Lane -- a battlefield opponent?
- Lex Luthor: Figuratively speaking.
- [talking about Lois]
- Jonathan Kent: Do you love her, son?
- Clark: Yeah, I do.
- Jonathan Kent: Well, then tell her.