LINES from drama *i liked* aka quotes/poetry

poetry in the last ep (she and her friend worked on)

"you and i, our hearts so close,

like orbiting stars,

distant for a spell but close for ages."

"To him, she seemed so beautiful, so seductive, so different from ordinary people that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he by the clicking of her heels on the paving stones, why no one’s heart was wild with the breeze stirred by the sighs of her veils, why everyone did not go mad with the movements of her braid, the flight of her hands, the gold of her laughter. He could not understand why anyone wouldn’t fall in love with her. "

"Who do you think will end up living with me forever? It's me. Myself. So, you need to take good care of yourself and fix yourself whenever something breaks. I really want to get along with myself. I don't want to love myself too much, but I don't want to be too hard on myself either. I think it's important to work hard on keeping a good balance."

“Of all the things I’ve ever loved, why have I never loved myself?” (ep 6)

“It feels like we’re shackled to each other, and we’re just running in circles in one spot. You chase after me from behind, but I don’t want you to see my front, so I run away. In the end, neither of us walks a single step forward”.

"I thought my life was pretty dull. But, actually, I’ve always had pretty good moments. The only person who made my life seem pathetic was just me."

yeon su

"That’s how good books are. If you reread a book you read when you were ten, it feels completely different because we have changed. The book you have hasn’t changed. I’m pretty sure it’s you who change. The heart of the reader has changed."

"I always think about what I've lost, but you think about what you can gain. I want to try that too."

"I’m going to give my all tomorrow. But you’re not the reason why I’m going to give my all. I’ll give it my all for myself. Because only I know how hard I’ve tried."

Na Heedo

"The fact that there is a tomorrow for us, is such a miracle. However, only when tomorrow doesn't come for us, do we realise it is a miracle. Always not realising how precious something is until after you lose it, is how foolish we are."

Kim So-Yong

“You don’t have to be on anyone’s side but your own.”

“What good would it do if we decide it won’t work before even starting? We should try first.”  

Park Sae-royi

"Don't call me when you become rich and get married. Don't call me if you're happy. But call me if you're going through a rough patch. Come to me if it's raining and you have nowhere to go. Don't just stand in the rain."

"Even if the world falls apart and the earth splits up, I will only wait for you"

Haru

"We're prisoners of our own making. If no one has locked us up, why can't we come out?"

“When roses bloom and the heart flutters / give me that smile of yours / If there is a song you must sing / then sing it now / for when your day draws to a close / it is already too late to sing. / Sing your song now.” (poem)

“It’s better to regret doing something than to regret not doing something.”

Choi Seung-hyo

“When you come across a stone in the path, the weak would say it’s an obstacle, but the strong would call it a stepping stone.”

Kang Bok-soo

“When you come across a stone in the path, the weak would say it’s an obstacle, but the strong would call it a stepping stone.”

Kang Bok-soo

"Life is like a game, there are many players, if you don’t play with them, they’ll play with you.”

Oh Il-nam

"Don’t blame yourself. Blame yourself but keep it short and remember it for a long time."

"Miracle is another name for hard work."

Kang Tae Joon

"When someone is doing something they really want to do, they look the most beautiful."

"If you keep crying, you'll have more things to cry about. If you keep smiling, you'll have more things to smile about."

"The world has no answer. Don't look for the answer. With every decision, the right and the wrong answer coexists. Wise people make a decision and work towards making it the right choice. Foolish people make a decision and regret, making it a wrong choice. The world has no right answer. But, there is a process to making a decision the right answer."

"They say there are two paths in life. One is to believe that nothing is a miracle. The other is to believe that everything is a miracle. I look back at the 100 days I spent as your husband. Now I know that every moment is a miracle."

"Words are born from people's mouths. And die in their ears. But some words don't die. They go into people's hearts. And survive."

"It's not like you know all about today just because you lived yesterday."

"Fate doesn’t come around at any time. To use the word fate, it has to be a dramatic moment brought by coincidence—that makes it fate. That’s why another word for fate is timing. If I hadn’t gotten caught at just one of those lights, if those damned red lights had helped me out just once… I might be standing in front of her right now, like fate. My first love was always held back by damned timing. That damned timing."

Then Jung-Hwan hears on the radio that Taek forfeited a baduk game to rush to the concert and he says this:

"But fate and timing aren’t just coincidences that find you. They’re moments like miracles, that arise out of choices made because of ardent desire. Being resolute, making decisions without hesitation...That is what makes timing. He wanted her more than I did. And I should have been more courageous.

It was not the traffic light's fault. It was not timing.

It was my many hesitations."

(Jung-Hwan is rushing to Deok-Sun's concert but sees that Taek got there first.)