Healing "Our Blues" Kdrama Quotes: Loss and Luck, Hope and Joy

Our Blues was a heartwarming drama that showed us many life lessons. At the end of the day, we've faced sadness and bad luck, but we've also found hope and joy along the way.

"Our Blues" Kdrama cast

• Lee Dong-seok (Lee Byung-hun): a truck dealer who grew up on Jeju Island
• Min Seona (Shin Min-a): a single mother with a child who moved to Jeju and works with Lee Dong-seok
• Jeong Eun-hee (Lee Jung-eun): a fish store owner who has a cheerful personality
• Choi Han-soo (Cha Seung-won): a successful city man who returns to his hometown of Jeju and is Jeong Eun-hee’s first love
• Go Mi-ran (Uhm Jung-hwa): Eun-hee’s best friend from high school and her benefactor
• Lee Ieong-ok (Han Ji-min): a rookie haenyeo (female diver)
• Park Jeong-jun (Kim Woo-bin): a captain who has a bright and warm personality

What is it about?

Our Blues has 20 episodes that show the lives of different people on Jeju Island. Each episode has a different story, and some stories have two or three parts. The stories are different from each other, and they deal with hard topics like Down Syndrome, teen pregnancy, domestic violence, and mother/son problems. This Kdrama shows how these people face their challenges with courage and kindness.

Best "Our Blues" Kdrama Quotes

There is one thing we must remember in our lifetime. We weren’t born in this world to suffer or feel miserable. We were born to be happy. (Our Blues)

No one can always have fun. This is normal. This is life. There are good and bad days.. (Jeong Jun)

Thinking too much is bad for anyone. (Dong Seok)

A hundred moons. The hundred moons that grant our wishes. Instead of wishing for 100 things, I’m going to pray 100 times so that my dad will recover. (Eun Gi)

Do you know what I hate hearing the most? Hearing that people understand me. You know nothing. (Dong Seok)

I feel like I’m in the dark even during the day. Even when I’m surrounded by bright lights just like now. If I get sick, it all just turns dark... This is an illusion. The darkness isn’t real. It’s bright outside. It’s all in my head. (Seona)

Whenever life feels suffocating, look behind you. You’ll find a whole new world. (Dong Seok)

- Jeong Jun: Why do you like the sea so much?
- Yeong Ok: When I’m underwater, it makes me think I’m all alone. That’s what I love about it. There’s nothing in my way. It’s just me and the sea. Me and the abalones. Me and the seaweeds. I like the simplicity of it.

I live in the present. (Dong Seok)

Don’t tell me to stop being sad or to overcome my struggles. I’m only being like this because I can’t help it. (Seona) 

You can feel sad and cry. But make sure you eat and sleep, too. (Dong Seok)

Get up if you’re done crying. Let’s take a walk. (Dong Seok)

You can’t always have everything your way in life. That’s life. (Hosik)

Just like this typhoon, everything will eventually pass by. (Hyeon)

Sometimes, when I feel suffocated living on this island, I run all the way here. Because this is the very end of Jeju. (Yeong Ju)

People always change their minds. The thing that makes you happy can suddenly make you miserable. (Minji)

Being poor is sickening. (Eun Hee)

At times, I hated being poor. But back then, I used to laugh a lot when I was with you, guys. I wasn’t lame or exhausted with life like I am now. (Han Su)

Neither one of us deserve to say we’re his friend. He came to see us thinking we’re friends. But even now, we’re still talking about him behind his back! (Eun Hee)

It’s okay for someone to hate you when they don’t know you very well. If someone who didn’t know me very well went around calling me names behind my back, I’d just laugh it off. But you know me better than anyone else in the world. That’s why it’s hard for me to laugh it off. (Miran)

If I’m with you, it doesn’t scare me at all. To me, you will always be my shining star. (Seona)

But just the thought of waiting for her makes me feel warm and tingly for some reason. It feels kind of nice. It’s not bad. It’s strange. (Dong Seok)

You can’t just thoughtlessly trust someone when they haven’t done anything to gain your trust. (Jeong Jun)

Love never lasts. Our feelings for each other will eventually fade with time like they never even existed. (Yeong Ju)

Are men just taught to say the same things? People who make such absurd excuses disgust me. (Yeong Ok)

Stop being vague about it and make your move. (Jeong Jun) 

You always give more than what you receive from others. I don’t want you to do the same with me. (Han Su)

I hugged my dead mom's body and cried. That's when I realized something. I had never resented her in my entire life. I just wanted to embrace and reconcile with her. I just wanted to hug her for a very long time and cry as much as I wanted. (Dong Seok)