Asian Dramas & Quotes

The World of the Married (2020)

Episode 1.
Normally, people stay miserable because they're not brave enough to escape. - Min Hyun Seo

Everything was perfect. Everyone who surrounds me had me fooled perfectly. - Ji Sun Woo

Episode 2.
I must hide my devastation with hypocrisy and lies. - Ji Sun Woo

It's like a mask. That's what it means to be a married couple. - Lee Tae Oh

Episode 3.
The human heart doesn't feel just one emotion. You don't stop loving just because you're married. My love for Sun Woo and my love for Da Kyung are different. What drives me mad is that I love them both at the same time. - Lee Tae Oh

Can you really trust a man who's cheating on his wife? - Ji Sun Woo

It's impossible for men to keep cheating on their wives without having us find out about it. Women have crazy intuitions. - Go Hye Rim

Karma? Justice? They're all lies. The woman is the only one whose life is ruined after divorce. - Ji Sun Woo

Episode 4.
Is getting a divorce the right thing to do? I don't know. I feel like our family will be fine if I just turn a blind eye to it, but I don't know if I can live like that for the rest of my life. - Ji Sun Woo

I'm starting to question my entire life. And I wonder if I'm no longer attractive as a woman. - Ji Sun Woo

I don't think too much when things are complicated. I don't decide with my brain. Things don't go as planned anyway. There's no answer in life. It's not bad to follow your heart and go with the flow. - Son Je Hyuk

Sun Woo: Why do people cheat?
Je Hyuk: There are two types of men in this world. The ones who cheat and the ones who get caught. We can't overcome our instincts.
Sun Woo: Men aren't the only ones with instincts.

Women are faithful not because they don't know how to cheat. They just refrain from doing so because they believe having trust in each other as a couple is important. - Ji Sun Woo

Episode 5.
Forever. Eternity. All those words were meaningless. Promise. Respect. Love. I didn't know those were what we were determined to protect. But now, there's absolutely nothing left between us. - Ji Sun Woo

Superwoman complex can be dangerous. You need to stop being a perfectionist tone happy. - Yoon Min Ki

Episode 6.
Are you proud of yourself because you didn't have feelings for them? - Go Hye Rim

Divorce is like a war, right? There is no winner or loser. - Yoon Min Ki

What did it mean to be married? What did the times we shared mean? What was the point of attacking each other so cruelly? Because we loved and hated each other. In the end, because we're human. So many questions floated around my head, but I decide not to ask questions anymore. - Ji Sun Woo

Episode 7.
Time is relative to each person. - Yoon Min Ki

Episode 9.
When you go hiking, you plan out the trail: the tougher the mountain, the more thorough you are. - Yoon Min Ki

Episode 10.
If there's any flame left, we should pour more gasoline to check. - Yeo Byeong Kyu

A man who cheated once will most likely cheat again. - Min Hyun Seo

Sun Woo: You've crossed the line.
Byeong Kyu: There's no line I cannot cross.

Getting a divorce is not always the answer. Young people these days think of divorce so easily. - Chairman Choi's Wife

Maybe she finds it meaningless to hold onto a broken marriage. - Ji Sun Woo

Now that it's over, I finally realize that I wasn't holding onto our marriage out of love. I was just being obstinate. I learned that it's useless to be obsessed and that it only worsens your pain. - Go Hye Rim

Episode 11.
So it's okay for a man but not okay for a woman to be ambitious? - Seol Myung Sook

Running your mouth without knowing the details is extremely ignorant. - Yoon No Eul

How great would it be if you could get over someone that easily? - Ji Sun Woo

You'd better brace yourself. Ending your relationship won't be as easy as you think. - Ji Sun Woo

Episode 12.
Now that she's gone, I can't live without her. It's like oxygen, like water, something you can't live without. I realized that's love. - Son Je Hyuk

I lost her because I made a mistake but I'm going to get her back. I don't want to regret it like you do. - Son Je Hyuk

To me, marriage was a delusion. The fence that protected me and the stable foundation my life was built on. I thought no one would be able to break what I thought was wholly mine. Love was the start of this delusion and the end to my pains. - Ji Sun Woo

If you forgave me then, what would it be like now? - Lee Tae Oh

Will you tell me the truth? That you regret what happened. For not forgiving me. For pushing me away and for making me a jerk! Tell me you're regretting it all. Tell me you still have feelings for me. Weren't you actually waiting for me to come back? You were waiting for me to go on my knees and beg to get back together. Isn't that what you were waiting for? - Lee Tae Oh

Episode 13.
Find a place that will treat you appropriately for what you offer. Don't rush and accept less than you deserve. - Lee Tae Oh

Does apologizing make it forgivable? - Lee Joon Young

There are parents who mistakenly think they know their kids. - Cha Do Chul's Wife

Joon Young: Aren't you two strangers since you got a divorce?
Tae Oh: Although we got divorced, you're still our son. A couple can part ways, but not a parent and a child.

Episode 14.
Why do I ruin everything I try to excel in? - Ji Sun Woo

I lost everything I wanted to protect. - Ji Sun Woo

You can't expect him to understand after hurting him. That would be too greedy. Whether it's hatred or resentment, you should respect his feelings. Once you do that, time will take care of it. - Dr. Ma

Dr. Ma: Life can't be sweet all the time. You just somehow hang in there, that's all. Then you'll find some days to be sunny. That's how time will pass.
Sun Woo: I'm too tired to hang on. It'll be easier for everyone if I disappear.

Episode 15.
He is drawn to the woman who takes good care of him. But once he feels like he is being stifled, he'll look for a place to breathe. - Ji Sun Woo

You can't raise a child with a man you know will hurt you. - Ji Sun Woo

Episode 16.
Whatever the relationship, people are bound to get hurt if they are too passionate about it. - Chairman Choi's Wife

Don't ever turn out like me. The most precious person in the world is the person that stands by your side, but if you forget that you'll end up making a fool of yourself just like me. - Lee Tae Oh

The person who tore my heart into pieces, the enemy I killed, my other half whom I utterly resented and also loved from the bottom of my heart, he was both my foe and comrade. He was both my best friend and arch enemy—my husband. - Ji Sun Woo

I don't regret my decision. To be more honest, I'm trying not to regret it since your life is a result of your decisions. - Go Hye Rim

You've regretted and blamed yourself enough. I hope you've forgiven everything by now; above all else, yourself. - Go Hye Rim

Cutting off your spouse with whom you've shared most of your life is like cutting away a part of your body. And that pain continues to haunt both people. - Ji Sun Woo

While dwelling on the painful mistakes we made, or while enduring each day without letting the pain dominate us, perhaps a moment of redemption might come—the moment I can finally forgive myself. - Ji Sun Woo