Quote Bank

"In this world, there is no carefree person. If you have desires and feelings, you won't be carefree."

"I will [get better]. Because a person's heart will become harder and harder."

"Even if you don't have a reason to betray, instead of believing you, it'll be easier for him to believe a corpse."

"Of all the Emperors in history, which were not father and son? Our Emperor's harshness and cold-heartedness is not something that came about today."

"When the crane and the clam fight, the fisherman wins."

"If we bet our success on the choices of our opponents, then that is the worst method. When we have a countermeasure for whatever choices our opponents make, only then can it be counted as having control over the general situation."

"One needs the utmost courage to be the first plaintiff in court."

"Any vow that is extracted by force and goes against heart-felt beliefs can become an uncontrollable variable."

"If you really want to get revenge, become a much better human being than those people."

"Don't get revenge with anger, but with skills."

"If you don't change, nothing else will, either."

"Even if I persuade you to stay here with this and that, you will always wonder what lied in the road you haven't taken."

"Greed is often self-justified... It looks like you are sick with greed, not your conscience."

"The strongest resistance in the world is pushing on undaunted to finish your job no matter what the circumstances are."

"There are things that most people believe don't exist even though they know those things exist. Still, they hope someone could preserve those things. They're beautiful values."

"Life is about turning into different roads. Whether you want it or not, you have to face the reality which is placed in front of you."

"You can't find the right answer every single time. [But] do not give up asking the questions about why we live and what we live for. The moment you give up on that, the romance in life ends."

"Those streets, let's swallow them all."

“If you don’t kill, you die.”

“The world is like a mirror. If you spit and curse at it, the world will spit and curse back at you. If you laugh, I’m sure the world will follow and laugh with you.”

"Why do you care if I received plastic surgery or not? You're the one who needs plastic surgery."

"I only take photos of myself. Taking a group photo is... I can't do it."

"Wait a moment, we're not done threatening just yet."

"You must like being sarcastic. Is that how you became a Director?" "You must like being in extreme situations. Is that why you became an actress?"

"Those who hurt others forget easily while those who are hurt remember it forever."

"It's odd that you're interested in historical sites." "Even if time passes, places like this remain the same. I'm so jealous of that." 

"I hope that doesn't mean you'll take over my position." "No way. My goal is not to become the top manager, but to get paid the most."

"A chance to be honest with someone. I know very well that such an opportunity doesn't come by easily."

"You can count on this agreement if you can't trust me. Documents are a lot more trustworthy than people. I know that better than anybody else does."

"I woke up one day, and I suddenly felt afraid. And I asked myself if it was really me."

"You know that dream when you become a butterfly? Did I become a butterfly in my dream or did I become me in a butterfly's dream."

"Sincere sympathy can make you blind."

"My clothes are like faces to me. Although I can't recognise faces, I can recognise my own clothes."

"Even demise shan't quell my vengeful wrath."

"Royals must never dishonour their legacy with coarse demeanour."

"If no conceit comes with majesty, no quandaries shall afflict the noble."

"He rather looked like a wastrel with impudence to spare."

"Women are plagued by solitude after marriage, unable to walk past their gates. So I should make precious memories to help me endure all that."

"Should anything befall that man, I would find no peace for the rest of my days."

"I told you not to ever appear before me again. Why don't you vanish from my mind?"

"I can no longer continue to ignore my feelings. And neither can I pretend they do not exist. From here on in, I shall only listen to what my heart is telling me."

"I want to walk in his shadow, and for him to walk in mine."

"I'm greatly sorry to you, but understand that when one's heart is captured by someone, it will inevitably make other people suffer as a result."

"I learned that even tears can become a luxury you cannot afford."

"Sometimes they can't trust themselves. Sometimes, they can't trust the others."

"Didn't know? Could this be my excuse to say I'm not guilty?"

"A man can't live another man's life."

"Human traffickers are such trivial things. Serial killers are my specialty."

"You have one minute to get over your shock."

"Sarcasm is always a result of the differences in IQ."

"His internal desires will be reflected through the [dead] bodies."

"Tell me. What kind of release are you looking for? Who is your first? What provoked you to start this? And what do you want to become?" 

"Even in situations like this, you're still not willing to give up your bed for a girl?" "You should read less fairy tales."

"My expertise is originally the best. It doesn't need anyone's acceptance."

"You've thought too much. I hired you because you're not bothersome. Also, pretty good-looking."

"You're not just enjoying the victims' pleads for life. You don't get pleasure from torture. You don't want to keep the severed corpses. What you enjoy... massacre. Just massacre."

"Mankind is only mankind, because of the tools they make. To satisfy his desire to kill, he observed each kill. He experimented and evolved. In the end, he found a perfect way to kill that satisfied him. He made his own killing machine."

"No matter how much warmth the daytime gives, the coldness of the night always follows. The darkness will always come. Not every flower can get sunlight and rain."

"Things like instincts come from the weakest cerebrum."

"What kind of metaphor would a woman use on me?"

"Don't ask me what I think. If you ask me what I think, then you have to do what I say."

"Is it because I'm pretty, that's why the hearing left a deep impression?"

"Suffering an injustice feels exactly like [poison]. It can kill an otherwise fine and normal person."

"You have to let go of the past for the future to come."

"Doubt is the basis for investigation."

"Discrimination is a crime."

"Human can adapt to anything."

"I may lack originality, but my memory is amazing."

"Am I the only one uncomfortable?"

“Which do you like more, snow or flower rain?” “I like you. I will marry you.”

“Ever since I became the prince, 69 329 hours have passed, but I have yet not smile.”

“Would you rather have the birds die or die yourself?”

“It is not only her that I hate.”

“It is not that I cannot forget about her. It is that she still remains in my memory."

“My heart cannot seem to persuade my body.”

“The scorpion that must cross a creek on a frog’s back stung the frog. It is obvious that they will both sink and die. So why kill the frog?”

“You must kill in order not to be killed.”

“You must return as a dead body. That is how I wish to see you.”

"One's destiny is up to one's heart."

"Why would the type with no greed for money want to marry me?" "Probably for the same reason someone like you with greed for money wants to marry me."

"Sometimes I'm sad, and sometimes I want to cry. There are also times when I feel like my heart's going to be ripped apart. But I'm still happy."

"I'm a born detective, veteran of all veterans."

"What are you doing overhearing someone else's talk?" "I only heard because I could hear it and see because I could see."

"I just wanted to know what moves a rich girl's heart."

"Have you shot a person before?" 

"How does it feel to have someone dies because of you?" "Do you want to know? It feels like everything is over."

"You know, murderers often say they've felt like a deity. Would it really feel that way?" "A deity? You'd only be a murderer. Once you kill a person, you'd be a vicious murderer, not a deity."

"Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder."

"They say time heals everything. But those are the ones who haven't been hurt before."

"You've been breaking the law so far, but with me, you'll be taking advantage of the law."

"I might not be a good lawyer, but I could be very useful to some people."

"Lawyers fight with the law."

"I've never failed whenever I decided to steal something. Whether that's a trial or a person."

"What's the point of getting a winning lawyer if he's not even interested in winning."

"I'm going to get you out off jail and kill you."

"I think lawyers are the ones who fight with prejudice."

"Could it be because you, the reader, might have had a change of heart? The book you have hasn't changed."

"We sleep, rest, and dwell in our momentary joy to recharge ourselves so that we can return to the world full of pain, so that we can have new dreams. Yearn for new things, and love once again."

"But I still loved you. I enjoyed every moment. We broked up. I was grateful. Because you left me, I could learn to love myself more."

"From spring to summer. From summer to fall. And from fall to winter. Do you know when the season changes? Do you know exactly when winter ends and spring begins? I don't know when exactly my feelings for you started to grow."

"I'm a risk taker, not a coward."

"Did you get dumped because you're a workaholic? Or have you become a workaholic because you got dumped?"

"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet that it was planned that way." Roosevelt

"There's a saying that a journey of revenge requires you to dig two graves. One is for your enemy, and the other one is for yourself." (6)

"I've lost everything. Even the one I loved. The only thing I have left is my relentless life." (9)

"It's neither the sky nor you that can punish me. The only one that can punish me is myself." (19)

"Who decided they were trivial? Who gave you the right to judge how much my people suffer?" (6)

"The greatest hole within the palace. The Royal Secretariat! It is the deep chasm that separates me from my people!" (6)

"Even a pet dog will turn vicious if you keep tightening its leash. Most dogs will be obedient if you let them breathe once in a while." (6)

"To beat up good people, that is violence. But to beat up scoundrels, that is justice." (1)

"Let's get together 3 or 4 crazy dogs." (1)

"These beasts, with the right incentive, will be very obedient." (1)

"If you're not willing to touch it, you won't be able to get rid of it." (1)

"Do you know what people need the most to be able to live as humans? A sense of urgency." (1)

"A good bone structure... what's so special about these bones? Even the royal family fears them and all the people in the land praise them."

 "Beautiful bones are rare in the world. There are people who have such bones, but not beautiful skin, or have beautiful skin, but not bones. And the Prince of Nan Chen the only one who has both beautiful bones and skin. It's rarer than emperors."

"Through the thousand years of desolation, when even that stretch of white bones has become as sand, Shi Yi, alone, is all that I ask. " (novel)

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"The day you came, the privet flowers blossomed. Therefore, every day became like spring. No matter where you left me, I’ve been waiting since the day you left. Only by you calling out my name, shall time start again for me." 

"No matter where we split up, I’ll be waiting for you at the same spot." 

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"I was born out of wedlock. But what's the problem with that? Thanks to our pasts, we turned out to be strong and interesting people." Hwang Hee Tae

"Lord, if something unexpected happen and we have to let go of each other's hands, please don't let the sorrows overwhelm the lives of those left behind. Even if the tears we shed fill up to our chins, please don't let us drown and give us the power and courage to swim safely through this life." Kim Myung Hee

"As always, May has come. This year is the 41st May since I lost you, Myung Hee. All this time, my life felt like swimming during a rising tide. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't move forward, and I even tried to let myself drown. But when I woke up, that tide has pushed me back to that May inside my heart. It felt so cruel that I lived in resentment. I lived in regret and wondered what could've been. If I hadn't gone to Gwangju in May of that year, if I hadn't met you in Gwangju, if I hadn't let go of your hand in those woods, would you still be alive? But on this 41st May, when you've finally returned, I now realise that I was the one who chose to to do all of that. In May of that year, I chose to go to Gwangju and chose to love you with all my heart. I prayed every day that worse pains in life would come to me instead of you. If I had been the one to die in the crossroads of life and death, and you had lived, you'd have experienced the tides that I had experienced all this time. The life of the one who was left behind. Hence, I've finally realised that what I experienced all this time was the Lord's way of answering my prayer. Those lonely and painful 41 years were merely my love for you." Hwang Hee Tae

"I've been conceited since I was a kid. Till when I hit 30, I've accomplished nothing." Yu Tu (ep 7)

"But you are already the rabbit who has seen the most stars... How could you say you accomplished nothing? Even if you want to give up your previous career and start over, but your past accomplishments are still there. Although I don't know what you actually did, it must be very valuable. So even if you're not doing this anymore, you don't have to deny the past, right? At least you strived for your ideals. It's better to compromise than never try. To me, at least it's not a mistake," Qiao Jing Jing (ep 7)

"Someone once said that I'm very selfish. I'm capable of giving my family a better life, yet I'm being selfish by letting my family sacrifice for my so-called dream." Yu Tu (ep 8)

"Then you should tell that person, "I'm sorry. This is the only thing I'm capable of." Think about it. If you can't do everything well like you do now, and you can only do one thing well, based on people's standards, you're actually already very outstanding already, right? Will anyone say that you're selfish? I'm sure the person said that you're selfish because you have too many types of outstanding capabilities. How can he blame you because you're outstanding?" Qiao Jing Jing (ep 8)

"We want to teach you [new recruits] to protect yourselves first if you are a policeman. If you can't even protect yourself, how can you protect the people?"

"Masters need to teach the apprentices the skills, but they also need to learn from their apprentices."

"I may not be a good cop, but I'm definitely a good chief... I would rather go to the confinement room and deliver food for you every day. But I don't want to go to your grave every year."

"Reality is reality. Theory is theory. Our reality is to solve the problem. It's not about who's right or wrong."

"We, the police, may not be able to help everyone. But if us bearing the grievance can help someone live a better life, then it will also make our work more worthwhile."

"If one's personality can be changed, then so can the fate. Buf if the fate can be changed, then there's no such thing as fate at all." 

"We may neither be able to eradicate crimes nor to protect everyone. But with the police, the defense of the society exists. There are kindness and justice. For those who were rescued, the police's work has been very meaningful."

"A woman should be self-reliant. Once she has a mind to rely on others, it becomes her weakness."

Cheng Shao Shang:

"If the husband is the sun that brightens the road for thousands of li away, then the wife would be the stars, the brilliant galaxy... Neither is superior or inferior. They're indispensable. We can only create the world by coexisting." (ep 35)

"That's how he [LBY] is. He's upright but dismal. He's brave and thoughtful. He'll go all out to save and abandon me... I've said that if he dies, I'll die with him."

"I can brew wine... build a water wheel... build kilns and fire tiles... Whether Ling Buyi is around or not, I'm a lady who lives well. I have parents and siblings to take care of. But you [Third Prince] shouldn't question me harshly just because I'm a lady. Your fiance is going to die. Why didn't you die with him? I shouldn't be kept in the dark just because I'm a lady... I can't resent and hate him because doing so is an act of indifference and selfishness?"

"I'm not afraid of death. If one day, I feel like dying, that's because I'm tired of living. It's definitely not because I want to die with my only love. Ling Buyi is the person I love most in this world. But I am nobody but myself." (ep 49)

"Who says that ladies have to find a husband? I find one as I will. There's no problem if I don't." (ep 51)

"I have been unfortunate all along. I never believed that someone would treat me sincerely. Until I met you [LBY]. You made me fall for you... rely on you... believe in you. What about you? I told you before. If you ever dared to leave me, I would never ever forgive you. You're ruthless. So I'd do what I said." (ep 51) 

“This is exactly the hard time when I should be beside Her Majesty. Father and mother were ordered by the military to go to Gu city. They left me alone at home just like this… We could only choose either loyalty or filial piety. Finally, I understand now. Please, mother. Let me fulfil my loyalty.” (ep 51)

“I used to make maltose candy for Her Majesty. When His Majesty... rewarded you [LBY]... I was really upset... Since I was engaged to you, everyone saw me as your fiancee. No one saw me as Cheng Shao Shang anymore. Her Majesty said that I was brought up as an independent lady. I only cared about myself, my personal gains and losses... I should try to be more amenable… more flexible.” (ep 54)

"Why must a lady wait for her fiancee to save her? Why can't we save ourselves?" (ep 37)

Ling Buyi:

"I joined the army because I wanted to repay His Majesty for raising me. And I hope I can fight on the battlefield to protect the people living in this galaxy on earth." (ep 29) 

“I knew that you [CSS] were scared of getting left behind. Yet, I chose to hurt you in the most painful way possible. I spent the first 20 years of my life full of hatred, and I’m going to spend the rest of my life with regrets.” (ep 54) 

Empress Xuan:

"I'm proficient in poetry and classics. You're [CSS] good at building mechanisms. Everyone has something they're good at. You know what others don't. I'll slowly teach you what others know... There's no need to feel inferior. You can lift your head high." (ep 29)

“When she [CSS] was young and needed to be loved most, she wasn’t loved by her family. If you want to love her, you have to make up for her grief. Don’t always make her understand your [LBY’s] choice. Only by discussing can you keep walking side-by-side.” (ep 53)

CSS's Mother:

"Back then, I always hoped she could be more mature. Until today, she has become so composed, as if she was a different person. Recalling old times, she behaved aggressively, always romped around. But it put my mind at ease... Was I mistaken since the beginning?" (ep 51)

“I guess I’m like you [his grandfather]. I have 3 extra things in here [my heart]. They’re full of greed, suspicion, and change of mind.” Jin Do Joon

“When you bring up a servant, you mustn’t give him great housing and a full stomach... Because he’ll begin to think that he’s the master… Righteous management? To me, money is righteousness.” Jin Yang Cheol

“The day that he defies me, it won’t matter if he’s my family or not.” Jin Yang Cheol

“The 2 things a fighter has no use for are his appendix and compassion. Sympathy! You cannot afford to drag such useless emotions to war. It’ll only weigh you down. ” Jin Yang Cheol

“I know he wouldn’t hesitate to sell me if he could buy Soonyang. If he tramples all over me to go forward, there will be nothing he can’t do. Only then can he protect Soonyang.” Jin Yang Cheol

“Being born a servant was not my choice. But I could choose the owner to serve.” Jin Yang Cheol's secretary

"Only when you have the power, can you talk about an everlasting love." ML

"No matter how well-designed a safety manual is, it's still mechanistic and rigid because you've ignored the human factors. Humans are variables. An excellent system should be a system with humanity." ML's teacher