Even though you've been raised as a human being, you are not one of them. They can be a great people, Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason, above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you... my only son.
8th most-quoted character in Superman Returns (2006): in 3 of its 57 quotes
A line from Jor-El [Opening lines]You will travel far, my little Kal-El. But we will never leave you... even in the face of our deaths. You will make my strength your own. See my life through your own eyes, as your life will be seen through mine. The son becomes the father, and the father...the son.
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1 sceneMy son. You do not remember me. I am Jor-El. I am your father. By now I will have been dead for many thousands of your years.
He thinks I'm his son?
Embedded in the crystals before you is the total accumulation of all literature and scientific fact of dozens of other worlds spanning the twenty-eight known galaxies.
Can he see us?
No, he's dead.
There are many questions to be asked. Here, in this Fortress of Solitude, we will try to find the answers together. So, my son...Kal-El...speak.
Tell me everything. Starting with crystals.
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