Smallville (TV Series)

X-Ray (2001)

Sarah-Jane Redmond: Nell Potter

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Quotes 

• Nell Potter : Lana, I didn't lie to you. I told you your mother would have been proud of you, and she would have. She loved you.

  Lana Lang : You told me a fairy tale about a woman who led the perfect life, but that life was a lie. You said she loved cheerleading. She hated it, but was afraid to quit. She didn't even wanna stay in Smallville. She wanted to see the world.

  Nell Potter : What should I have told you? Your mother was unhappy?

  Lana Lang : I would have liked the truth.

  Nell Potter : I told you what I thought you could handle.

• Nell Potter : Your mother was like any other teenager. She had her ups and her downs.

  Lana Lang : I feel like I spent my entire life trying to measure up to a Laura Lang who didn't exist.

  Nell Potter : You're reading the diary of a 17-year-old girl. It's a snapshot. It's one time in her life.

  Lana Lang : It's like I wrote this myself.

  Nell Potter : The truth is, your mother was the brightest, most beautiful girl in her class. Do you know she was picked to give the graduation speech?

  [Lana shakes her head] 

  Nell Potter : I guess the diary ended before that happened. You should have heard the speech she gave that day.

  Lana Lang : What did she say?

  Nell Potter : Everything that had been bubbling up inside of her for 18 years. She said she felt suffocated in Smallville.

  Lana Lang : Do you have a copy?

  Nell Potter : No. But I'll never forget the first line. "I never made a difference here, but maybe my children can."