Lara Quotes in Superman (1978)

[as Jor-El is preparing to send his son to Earth before the destruction of Krypton, Lara enters the room with the infant, Kal-El]

Lara: Have you finished?

Jor-El: Nearly. It's the only answer, Lara. If he remains here with us... he will die as surely as we will.

Lara: But why Earth, Jor-El? They're primitives, thousands of years behind us.

Jor-El: He will need that advantage to survive. Their atmosphere will... sustain him.

[He looks at his son and walks over to the area where the ship that will carry Kal-El lies. There are information crystals placed in slots on the edges]

Lara: He will defy their gravity.

Jor-El: He will look like one of them.

Lara: He won't *be* one of them.

Jor-El: No. His dense molecular structure will make him strong.

Lara: He'll be odd. Different.

Jor-El: He'll be fast. Virtually invulnerable.

Lara: Isolated. Alone.

Jor-El: He will not be alone.

[He holds up a clear crystal and takes a long look at it]

Jor-El: He will never be alone.

[He places it in one of the slots along with the other crystals in the ship]

Lara: If you intend to live your life with a mortal, you must live *as* a mortal.

Lara: Just seeing you made them run away.

Sir Clorex: I know. I have that effect on people.

Lara: [to Daniel, about Bridget] I thought you said she was thin.

Lauren: Abstinence is 100% safe, which is less of a percentage than...

Lara: Whatever, I don't care, I don't major in math.

Lara: You really think I'm skinny? Wait - anorexic skinny or bulimic skinny?

Lara: It's amazing how much weight you lose when you go off The Pill.

Lauren: Which is nothing compared to the fifty pounds you gain when you get knocked up.

Lara: How do I look?

Lauren: You look kind of skinny, actually.

Lara: Skinny, really? Bulimic skinny or anorexic skinny?

Lauren: What's the difference?

Lara: Bulimic skinny passes for healthy, except your teeth rot. But my teeth aren't rotting, so...

Lauren: So you look bulimic skinny.

Sean Bateman: What's wrong? I told you I came.

Lara: I was born in a Holiday Inn.

Sean Bateman: [post-sex, to Lara, who is sobbing sadly] What's wrong? I told you I came.

Lara: [gloomily sniffling] I was born in a Holiday Inn.

Sean Bateman: [voice of the mind] Better that it's not Lauren. Note to self: Never 'shroom again. It only gets you into trouble.

Lara: I'll protect you, Daddy.

Lara: [referring to the impenetrable cloak] He doesn't have it!

Elizabeth: [confused] He doesn't have what?

Lara: It's a really good cloak.

Lara: How far can bullets go?

Daniel: They go pretty far but they usually get stuck in something and stop.

Lara: What if they don't?

Daniel: Are you thinking about that bullet that came through your window?

Lara: I heard a bang.

Daniel: What, like a truck bang?

Lara: Like a gun.

Lara: Daddy!

Daniel: Honey, stay inside!

Lara: Wouldn't it have been lovely if we'd met before?

Zhivago: Before we did? Yes.

Lara: We'd have got married, had a house and children. If we'd had children, Yuri, would you like a boy or girl?

Zhivago: I think we may go mad if we think about all that.

Lara: I shall always think about it.

Lara: The saddest things in life are separations and deaths. I don't want to say good-bye anymore. I've had enough of that.

Martin: How does snow sound? What does it say to you?

Lara: It says, "Crunch, crunch, brr, brr."

Martin: What are "crunch" and "brr"? What kind of words are they?

Lara: To tell the truth, snow doesn't say much. It's even said that snow swallows every sound. When snow is on the ground, everything is much quieter.

Martin: Honest? Snow makes the world quiet? That's beautiful.

Alex: Bitterness is corrupting your soul and I really feel sorry for you, 'cause we used to be kindred spirits

Lara: I left the past behind. This is a new me, whether you like it or not.