- By Bornika Das
- Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:26 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
When Life Gives You Tangerines Best Dialogues: Focussing on endurance not just in love but also in life, the Netflix Kdrama, When Life Gives You Tangerines, has won the hearts of its fans with stellar performance and engaging storytelling. The Kdrama casts IU as Oh Ae-sun and Park Bogum as Yang Gwan-sik where they develop effortless chemistry, a seamless, organic connection that resonates with years of built-in understanding. Their onscreen romance carried the weight of a thousand love letters left unsaid. With the appealing and impressive dialogue delivery and the emotions attached, its audience loved the exceptional performances of each character in the Kdrama, When Life Gives You Tangerines.
Set in the backdrop of the Jeju Islands of the 1960s, the story narrates the tale of being unkind to women, especially to Oh Ae-sun, a firefly intelligent young woman who longs for something more than what just her birthplace allows. Opposite to her is Yang Gwan-sik, a man of few words but infinite tenderness. The director Kim Won-seok and writer Lim Sang-choon created a world of magic that is both achingly real and dreamlike. The relationship between Oh Ae-sun and Yang Gwan-sik is tender and glowing in the moments of intimacy, sharp and unflinching highlighting the brutal realities of the Jeju’s women. The powerful dialogues delivered throughout the Kdrama show melancholic undertones. The quotes and dialogues in When Life Gives You Tangerines talk about love, a meditation on time, and quiet labour of care throughout a lifetime. The dialogues reflect life through its painful, funny, bitter-and-sweet journey.
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Best Dialogues From Kdrama When Life Gives You Tangerines
“Bring me beef instead of chicken everyday. I still won’t marry you.” – Oh Ae Sun
“I’d rather die earning a penny than die begging.” – Gwang Rye
“If you cry, you’ll be hungry. So eat while you cry.” – Yang Gwan Sik
“Just hanging out doesn’t mean we’ll fall for each other.” – Oh Ae Sun
“You think I’ve spent ten years as your minion out of pity?” – Yang Gwan Sik
“I will marry a man from Seoul, no matter what. Not some guy from the island.” – Oh Ae Sun
“Then take your hand out of my pocket and put it in a guy’s from Seoul.” – Yang Gwan Sik
“Being pitiful is wonderful. My life is full of freebies.” – Oh Ae Sun
“You only ever feed me. You never make a move.” – Oh Ae Sun
“There are no take backs in life. If your life and my life join together as one, we stick it out together whether we live or die.” – Oh Ae Sun
“Do you know why I’m marrying Yang Gwan-sik, the lamest boy in all of Jeju? Steel. You’re like a steel.” – Oh Ae Sun
“You think I can’t get married unless it’s to you? I’m going to marry a richer, more handsome man, a son less precious than you!” – Oh Ae Sun
“You have to leave so I can live my life.” – Oh Ae Sun
“We may have hungry days, but you’ll never break my heart.” – Oh Ae Sun
“Why do you take everything from me? Why do you only take everything that belongs to me?” – Oh Ae Sun
“The pain of losing a parent cuts deeper as life goes on, but the pain of losing a child is etched in the deepest part of your heart.” – Kim Chun Ok
“I don’t want her to set the table. I want her to be the one to flip it.” – Oh Ae Sun
“How could I leave you behind? I’d feel better if I gave you a good send-off first and followed afterward.” – Yang Gwan Sik
“I thought that once you grew up, your hands and heart would naturally become calloused. But everything’s still too hot for me. I get burned everyday, but it hurts every time. Am I the only fool in the world? Is there anyone else adulting just fine?” – Oh Ae Sun
“They all just pretend to be adults because people tell them they are adults.” – Yang Gwan Sik
“I’ve had a coffin on my back for my whole life, but I still fear death, and that’s why I never had my picture taken.” – Gwang Rye
“The pain of losing a parent cuts deeper as life goes on, but the pain of losing a child is etched in the deepest part of your heart.” – Kim Chun Ok
“Who proposes with an oil boiler instead of a diamond?” – Geum Myeong
“If you keep pitying yourself and saying your life sucks, your life will really suck. If you think you’re only worth 100 won, who would think you’re worth 1,000 won? Stop pitying yourself and say something sweet to yourself so you can stand tall.” – Geum Myeong
“We constantly struggled to be independent. From college entrance and graduation to meeting the in-laws, life has been a series of parental summons.” – Oh Ae Sun
“A broken heart isn’t just a figure of speech. It actually hurts. My heart clenches painfully.” – Geum Myeong
“Maybe if I sleep less, you two can sleep more. That just wakes me up.” – Yang Gwan Sik
“To know what a man is like, you must look at his father. They learn how to treat their family from their father.” – Oh Ae Sun
“We thought we came to the picnic together, but each had their own tide. Just as the tides ebb and flow, some have left but for some, it was the season for a new arrival at the picnic.” – Geum Myeong
