Updated: October 10, 2024
Here’s a collection of quotes from the Korean drama, Love Next Door (2024):
Episode 1
“My idea of perfection isn’t a person, but a well-made structure.” – Choi Seung Hyo
- “I have a very strong attachment to life.” – Bae Seok Ryu
- “I always end up getting hurt when I’m with you.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“Things are going to escalate the longer you put it off. You could face a 24-hour silent treatment for what could’ve been resolved in 30 minutes. So stop dawdling and just get it over with.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“Going at full throttle all the time like that overloaded my CPU. The screen went blank, and the keys stopped working. So I had no choice but to reboot myself.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“So I had to come back before my courage expired and my resolve crumbled into nothing.” – Bae Seok Ryu
- “Then how do you know each other?” – Couple
- “He’s the son of my mom’s friend.” – Bae Seok Ryu
- “She’s the daughter of my mom’s friend.” – Choi Seung Hyo
- “You looked a little foolish but I have a soft spot for kindness.” – Jung Mo Eum
- “As for me, I have a soft spot for touching stories.” – Reporter
- “Im not prepared yet.” – Bae Seok Ryu
- “You’ll never be.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“Now that she’s back, it’s going to get chaotic again.” – Choi Seung Hyo
Episode 2
“I want to be happily unemployed.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“I doubt my decision a dozen times a day and wonder if I’ve made the right choice. But I still think that it’s better to regret doing something than to regret not doing something.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“Didn’t it ever occur to you to wonder how sleep-deprived I must’ve been? Or how little fun I must have had all these years to fool around like that?” – Bae Seok Ryu
“Why do I always have to be your pride and joy? Can’t I just be your daughter for once, no matter how pathetic or flawed I might be? Why do I have to cover up for your life?” – Bae Seok Ryu
“You’re too unimaginative to go anywhere else.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“Remember what you always said whenever you were at the top? You said you wanted to eat the clouds like cotton candy and crunch on the stars like they were candies.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“Don’t force yourself to laugh if you feel like crying.” – Choi Seung Hyo
- “Who cares? I don’t have to look nice for you.” – Bae Seok Ryu
- “Isn’t it pathetic that I still hate my mom at my age?” – Bae Seok Ryu
“Did you know that just like the moon is Earth’s satellite, hate has its own satellites? Your high expectations, your faith, and your fondness for a certain person are all interconnected. But when any of those elements leave orbit or retrograde, it can turn into hate.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“You can’t hate someone unless you love them.” – Choi Seung Hyo
Episode 3
“It’s called the Romeo and Julie effect. They say love becomes more intense the more the parents interfere. It’s an absolute truth that applies to other areas as well, not just love. The more parents oppose and try to control their child, the more the child rebels.” – Na Mi Sook
“Old habits die hard. What a tiring life.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“I usually preferred people who were like action stars. But not anymore. I like someone who’s stoic but full of drive. The silent but determined type.” – Jung Mo Eum
“Why does everyone compromise with reality? You said you overheated and shut down. You said you wanted to reboot. This is the courage you mustered? Returning to your old life?” – Choi Seung Hyo
“When you want to do something, your eyes light up and you stomp with excitement but I don’t see any of that now.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“Dreams? Do you think dreams can just be had? Only those who have the luxury to search for them can dream. Those who get the chance to rise again after failure can pursue their dreams.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“You’re marvelous. You speak beautifully like poetry. You’re a idealist who loves dreams more than reality. You’re always so full of pride. But do you know where all of that comes from? It comes from privilege.” – Na Yun
“Children keep growing. Even if I don’t teach them, they all find the answers on their own somehow.” – Ms. Yu
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“Was there an answer you thought about when you quit? Then, don’t change your mind. Trust your choice and move on. Changing it always ends up wrong.” – Ms. Yu
- “Everyone is moving forward but I’m the only one who’s stopped.” – Bae Seok Ryu
- “The start signal had sounded, but I felt like I was standing alone at the starting line.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“Ten years from now feels so far away. By then, you probably told Seok-ryu how you felt, right?” – Choi Seung Hyo
Episodes 4-5
“Do people only live off of food? We live off of mood and romance, too.” – Na Mi Sook
“Marriage isn’t always the answer.” – Na Yun
“People should live with their eyes on the future. Why go back to the past? It’s all in the past. Just forget it. Live a new and fresh life.” – Choi Seung Hyo
- “You can’t live life occupied by work all the time. You should give yourself time to rest, too.” – Yoon Myeong U
- “The world has become harsh and unsettling. But there are still good people.” – Old lady
“Are you going to change the world? Are you saving the country? How can you accomplish anything if you can’t take care of your kid?” – Na Yun
- “My love was as hot as a burning kiln, but you were a low flame on a gas stove. It wasn’t even hot enough to cook an egg, let alone a bowl.” – Jang Tae Hui
- “Do you know what’s funny? I broke up with you, but it felt like you dumped me.” – Jang Tae Hui
“This jar is filled with the night sky. It’s so dark. It’s sparkling.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“A dream doesn’t have to be grand or elaborate. I can’t do anything impressive, like how you swim the freestyle, but I think I can manage the dog paddle. I want to cook.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“Do you know how you look when you look at her? You smile. When Seok-ryu smiles, you just smile with her.” – Jang Tae Hui
“I’ve been running away from my feelings for a long time. I’ve ignored and denied them. But after seeing Seok-ryu smile so brightly in front of me now, I realized. I can’t help but like her.” – Choi Seung Hyo
Episode 6
“I remember all of Seok-ryu’s firsts. The first time she lost a tooth. The first time she rode a bicycle. The first time she ran away from home. The first time she asked someone out. I’ve known her for so long. I thought I knew everything about her.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“Wherever we go, we’ll go together. We’ll go on picnics and see flowers on nice days. If we’re sick, we’ll visit the hospital. Whether it’s Heaven, Hell, or wherever the heavens send us, we’ll go together in the afterlife. Because I’m your wife and we’re a family.” – Na Mi Sook
- “You’re distant and awkward. It’s not like old times.” – Bae Seok Ryu
- “It can’t be like old times forever. We’re adults now. You have your life and I have mine. Let’s stop staying stuck in the past.” – Choi Seung Hyo
- “Stop doing childish things like knocking on my window.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“If I could crumple up feelings like a mere letter, then could I have been more comfortable around you?” – Choi Seung Hyo
“Back then and now, you keep doing this so I feel like I’m going to lose my mind because of you!” – Choi Seung Hyo
“I know all of Seung-hyo’s firsts. The first time he had banana milk. The first time he started swimming. The first time he became taller than me. The only thing I didn’t know was who his first love was.” – Bae Seok Ryu
Episodes 7-8
“I loved the time we spent together. Everything he gave me. I still love that. But for some relationships, I know it’s better to end them.” – Bae Seok Ryu
- “Look, a true hero can put aside their lifetime job in the name of friendship.” – Na Yun
- “A person’s feelings aren’t always logical or consistent.” – Na Mi Sook
“There’s no romance if things heat up too quickly. Turn on the heat and carefully bring the water to a boil. I believe in the importance of taking time.” – Jang Tae Hui
“In my twenties, I hoped too much for things to heat up quickly. But now I want to focus on warm and subtle things. Slowly and for a long time.” – Jang Tae Hui
“Even though you didn’t have webs coming out of your hands, you were way cooler than Spiderman.” – Kang Yeon Du
“No matter how carefully I shape the clay, no one knows how it’ll come out from the fire. Will it become perfectly formed vessel? Or will it crack and shatter to pieces? You won’t know until it goes into the kiln.” – Jang Tae Hui
“You have to create a new future. Make sure it’s a nice goodbye to the past.” – Ms. Jin Ae
“Looking back, I had plenty of chances to tell her how I felt. The day we graduated highschool and finally became adults. The day ice cream was sweet and cherry blossoms flew in spring when we were immature 20-year-olds. The late night at the tent bar when she said she was going to the US. And tonight.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“When I said you were driving me crazy. When I said I was losing my mind because of you. What I meant by that was I like you.” – Choi Seung Hyo
- “Seung-hyo might not know but I think I liked him first.” – Bae Seok Ryu
- “Is this why people say men and women can’t be friends?” – Jang Tae Hui
Episode 9
“To me, Seok-ryu isn’t some child. She’s a woman.” – Song Hyeon Jun
“After I got sick, I’d lie in bed every night and think. I’d think ‘Why is it called cancer?’ Names are important for everything. Cancer sounds so dark and scary. Flower. Moon. Star. It would’ve been better if it had a brighter and more cheerful name.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“I’m not straying. I’m on the right path.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“Did you know? Pain receptors don’t distinguish between physical pain and emotional pain. Whether it’s being cut by glass or emotionally hurt, they react the same.” – Choi Gyeong Jong
“To me, you’re still a five-year-old kid crying at the top of a jungle gym. A childhood friend I can split ice cream with. The successful son of my mom’s friend.” – Bae Seok Ryu
- “You don’t like me. You imprinted on me.” – Bae Seok Ryu
- “I’m just like a mother duck to you.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“It doesn’t matter how you feel. It can’t be helped if I’m not the one. But don’t tell me how I feel. No matter how much I like you, you have no right to do that.” – Choi Seung Hyo
- “To me, you can’t be more than a friend.” – Bae Seok Ryu
- “We can fix the ring but we can’t fix our relationship.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“You asked me how I’m always there to see your life’s embarrassing moments. How are you always there when I’m sick?” – Choi Seung Hyo
Episode 10
“When I was hurt, Seok-ryu was the only person who dragged me out of my cave. But she sent all those signals in the dark, and I missed them all.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“She keeps acting like she’s not having a hard time. But it’s killing me.” – Na Yun
“Being with someone who miraculously returned is a miracle in itself.” – Kang Danho
“When things are really tough, you lean on the people closest to you.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“If I’m hurting, you’d all be hurting with me. If I fall, you’d fall with me like dominoes.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“Who cares of we fall? Who cares if things crumble? We can hit rock bottom together.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“Let’s not regret the time we shared. Let’s remember how I was everything to you and how you meant everything to me back then.” – Song Hyeon Jun
Episodes 11-12
“We look like we have everything. But we have nothing.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“That milk expires today but my feelings for you won’t spoil tomorrow or the day after.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“Without you, time seems to drag on. Without you, comic books aren’t fun. Without you, the playground is quiet, too. Without you, every day feels bland.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“The fire in my heart won’t be extinguished until it’s completely burned out.” – Na Yun
“Not knowing is one thing, but knowing makes it hard. No wonder it’s an unwritten rule.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“I’m sure of one thing. You make me feel warm on the inside.” – Choi Seung Hyo
Episode 13
“I love you. As my family, my friend, and my woman. The kind of love might have been different at times but there was never a time that I didn’t love you.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“There are three things that don’t exist in my life. Flunking, failing, and rejection.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“Hiding and concealing. My life’s a roller coaster these days.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“Not knowing doesn’t fix anything.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“Not everyone can be special. Most people just live ordinary lives. And the same goes for me. So don’t be too obsessed with becoming someone great.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“Just find what’s valuable to you in your life. That’s more than enough.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“From now on, just call me Tinker Bell.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“It feels unfair that there isn’t an expression better than I love you. Because that’s how much I love you.” – Choi Seung Hyo
Episode 14
“They say those who survive near-death experiences often have similar experiences. In that fleeting moment, their life flashes before their eyes. It happened to me, too.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“Even with a smooth path in life, it’s full of hardship. Why would you bear kindling and walk straight into the fire?” – Mrs. Do
“After my family had that accident, everyday felt like an emergency in my life. But then I heard a siren and a paramedic appeared. She saved people. And she helped Yeon-du. That righteous woman saved me, and I humbly admit I like her.” – Kang Danho
“You didn’t seem to be smiling a lot lately. What if you get bugs in your heart, too? Take this and smile.” – Yeondu
“So I was wondering, will you let me spend the rest of my life with you? Well, this wasn’t my original plan. The flowers are at the auto shop, the food is gone, and the cake was ruined, but still, fortunately, I still have this. Seok-ryu, will you marry me?” – Choi Seung Hyo
“For me, without you, my life doesn’t have any flavor. You’re like my salt and sugar. You’re my sesame oil.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“It can be even better. I can become your roof, and you can be my rafters. We’ll take shelter from the wind and rain, and we’ll get plenty of sunshine. We can become stronger and closer. And we can live a long and happier life together.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“Life is finite and death is inevitable. Everyone lives under the same conditions.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“I know what you’re worried about and I can’t tell you that it won’t happen. I’m not a god. But there’s one thing I can tell you for certain. I want to spend my life with you.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“A hundred years. Ten years. No, if I can live for only one day, it has to be with you.” – Choi Seung Hyo
Episodes 15-16
“I liked her first. I’ve liked her since we were kids. My feelings only grew after we met again.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“If I could turn back time, I would go back to that day when Seung-hyo was seven, standing behind the door alone, and I’d give him a hug.” – Choi Hyesuk
“I’d be a fool to refuse a proposal like this.” – Bae Seok Ryu
“Taking your lumps all at once isn’t that bad of a thing.” – Na Yun
“You may have your differences, but if you cut ties with her, it would be sad to see all those years become a waste.” – Mrs. Do
“Like shoes, old friends are always more comfortable than new ones.” – Mrs. Do
“Raising a human being is an incredible feat. Not anyone can do it.” – Choi Hyesuk
“So many things didn’t go my way. But that’s life, you know?” – Bae Geun Sik
“I’m not some pathetic guy who holds back his successful girlfriend.” – Kang Danho
“From now on, I’m going to create every space you’ll be in.” – Choi Seung Hyo
“I’ve been her son this whole time. Now it’s time to be your partner.” – Choi Seung Hyo
Genre: Rom-com
Synopsis: Two childhood friends who consider each other as a dark chapter in the past life, meet again as adults.
Also known as:Mom’s Friend’s Son; Golden Boy
No. of episodes: 16
Cast: Jung Hae In, Jung So Min
Screenwriter: Shin Ha Eun
Director: Yoo Je Won
Network: tvN
Streaming platform: Netflix
Date: August 17, 2024
