Man of Steel 2013 quotes, page 2

General Zod

I know you stole the Codex, Jor-El. Surrender it and I'll let you live.

Jor-El

This is a second chance for all of Krypton, not just the bloodlines you deem worthy.

General Zod

What have you done?

Jor-El

We've had a child, Zod. A boy child. Krypton's first natural birth in centuries, and he will be free, free to forge his own destiny.

General Zod

Heresy! Destroy it!

General Zod

Lara, listen to me, the Codex is Krypton's future. Abort the launch!

General Zod

NOOOOOOO! [Zod stabs and kills Jor-El. Lara runs over to his fallen body and mourns him] Your son, Lara, where have you sent him?

Lara

His name is Kal, son of El. And he is beyond your reach.

General Zod, for the crimes of murder and high treason, the council has sentenced you and your fellow insurgents to 300 cycles of somatic reconditioning. Do you have any last words?

General Zod

You won't kill us yourself! You wouldn't sully your hands, but you'll damn us to a black hole for eternity! [He spits at him in disgust] Jor-El was right! You're a pack of fools! Every last one of you! [He approaches Lara but is held back by a guard] And you...You believe your son is safe? I will find him. I will reclaim what you have taken from us! I will find him. I will find him, Lara. I WILL FIND HIM!
[He is silenced as they are banished to the Phantom Zone]

General Zod

Look at this. We could have built a new Krypton in this squalor, but you chose the humans over us. I exist only to protect Krypton. That is the sole purpose for which I was born. And every action I take, no matter how violent, or how cruel, is for the greater good of my people. And now, I have no people. My soul…That! Is what you! Have taken! From me!

General Zod

I am going to make them suffer, Kal, these humans you've adopted. I will take them all from you, one by one!

You're a monster, Zod. And I'm going to stop you.

Faora-Ul

A good death is its own reward.

Jor-El

Earth's sun is younger and brighter than ours was. Your cells have drunk in its radiation, strengthening your muscles, your skin, your senses. Earth's gravity is weaker, yet its atmosphere is more nourishing. You've grown stronger here than I ever could've imagined. The only way to know how strong is to keep testing your limits. You will give the people an ideal to strive towards. They will race behind you, they will stumble, they will fall. But in time, they will join you in the sun, Kal. In time, you will help them accomplish wonders.

Lara Lor-Van

His name is Kal, son of El, and he's beyond your reach.

Lois Lane

How do you find someone who has spent a lifetime covering his tracks? For some, he was a guardian angel. To others, a ghost who never quite fit in.

General Zod

I am going to make them suffer, Kal, these humans you've adopted. I will take them all from you, one by one!

I have so many questions. Where do I come from?

General Zod

I was bred to be a warrior, Kal-El, trained my entire life to master my senses. Where did you train? ON A FARM?

General Zod

If you destroy this ship, YOU DESTROY KRYPTON!

Let's put our cards on the table, General. You're scared of me because you can't control me. You don't, and you never will. But that doesn't mean I'm your enemy.

General Zod

Look at this. We could have built a new Krypton in this squalor, but you choose the humans over us. I exist only to protect Krypton. That is the sole purpose for which I was born, and every action I take, no matter how violent or how cruel, is for the greater good of my people. And now, I have no people. My soul... that is what you have taken from me!

Lara Lor-Van

Make a better world than ours, Kal.

My father believed that if the world found out who I really was, they'd reject me…out of fear. I let my father die because I trusted him. Because he was convinced that I had to wait, that the world was not ready. What do you think?