- Martian Manhunter: ...The last thing your mother ever said to you was: "to dwell in the past, is to lose one's path "
- Superman: They meet someone from stars and their first instinct is to fire at will.
- Martha Kent: They love you.
- Superman: They don't know me, and I am afraid that when they do...
- Martha Kent: Maybe you are what they need. If they know about you maybe they will see things differently.
- Jonathan Kent: Or maybe the government will lock him up, or worse.
- Superman: At some point they are going to ask me "Where I am from and why I was sent here?" And I won't have the answers. And in the meantime, one way or the other Lois is going to publish her expose.
- Jonathan Kent: You know what they are going to say, what we've always said: the world is dangerous and unforgiving. If you are different, special, you have two options: you can either...
- Superman: Either meet it head-on and accept the consequences or you can keep you head down and accept the consequences. There is no wrong choice, but...
- Martha Kent: But you have to make one.
- Superman: Why?
- Jonathan Kent: Because you are not our little boy any more. Becoming a man means making these choices for yourself. Just be ready. Because each choice, each action, has consequences.
- Lois Lane: People with that much power think they can wield it over everyone. If you can take that away from them for a moment you can take it away for good. It's called a power move. And I don't wanna brag, but it's kind of my specialty. That and paper jams.
- Superman: I thought martians only existed in the movies.
- Martian Manhunter: Those movies are terrible.