Be Melodramatic / Melo is My Nature (Quotes)

Melo is my nature is one of my all-time favorite dramas. Heavy on dialogues with strong female characters, light on unnecessary drama and clichés. And what I appreciate the most these days in drama land, really open-minded. I made a list of my favorite quotes. Let me know in the comments which one do you like the most.

That must be why dramas have an ending. It's great until here. But ending a story with "I love you" can't always be a happy ending. Even if it ends with "Let's break up," it could be a happy ending because they wouldn't have to see each other's dirty sides. - Im Jin Joo (Episode 1)

I love dramas full of love because I won't love anyone for real. - Im Jin Joo (Episode 1) 

Saying you won't love anyone means you want to be good at love. It's only a complaint that you make after the exhausting process of your sickening love. But that complaint has no power. - Lee Hyo Bong (Episode 1)

Life isn't that complicated. If it's sold out, we can get the tickets for the next show. - Im Jin Joo (Episode 1) 

Eun Jung said she found out for the first time that the value of money and fame is much lower than the value of love. She said what's more exciting than money is love. - Im Jin Joo (Episode 1) 

Is this the way life is? With a few happy memories, you put up with struggles in most of your life. - Lee Eun Jung (Episode 1)

Let's not look back on the past. Let's not worry about the future. Let us focus on the imminent crisis. I crave ramyeon. - Im Jin Joo (Episode 1)

You may be busy, but you must get some time to badmouth your boss. - Im Jin Joo (Episode 2)

When you're in a tense and anxious situation, you should relax and push yourself to become even more anxious. It'll increase your attentiveness and ability to think and broaden your thoughts. It may sound very meaningless and pretentious, but it's not a bad idea to give it a try. That's what I decided to think. I decided that I won't break down because of something like this. - Im Jin Joo (Episode 2) 

It's not shameful not to be cool-headed about your past love. It's your proud right that you have pulled through the hard times. - Lee Eun Jung (Episode 3)

I love receiving packages. I love looking at a menu in a restaurant. But I love my work incomparably. - Seo Beom Soo (Episode 3) 

We should be more careful about rejecting an offer at our age. You know, our wrinkles take away opportunities. - Lee Eun Jung (Episode 3)

Should I sleep in just because I'm unemployed? That's cowardly. I shouldn't be proud of being unemployed. But why can't I be cowardly? We have to be conscious of people over our entire lives. I'm here alone. It's great to lie down like this. - Im Jin Joo (Episode 3) 

In the end, it's not that we don't believe in love. We seem like people who are in pain because we know it exists. - Seo Beom Soo (Episode 3) 

No one in this world confesses their love lightheartedly. Even if you don't like her, you are still partially responsible. You are still the reason that her heart moved. - Im Jin Joo (Episode 3) 

The world won't change even if you resent it. Just understand and accept it. - drunk Im Jin Joo (Episode 4) 

It's a huge opportunity to meet someone you love. How do you feel if you lose your opportunity? It obviously hurts. Your bones ache. Don't tease me with this kind of stuff. - Seo Beom Soo (Episode 4)

Tteokbokki is actually sweet, not spicy. Soju is also sweet, not bitter. But that wasn't the only reason why our kiss was so sweet. It was love. Countless words we exchanged were lame and random, but they were like the sweetest whisper. We were given the most reasonable cause to do the most childish behaviors. Those who saw us felt uncomfortable, but we were always the same. Always eventually became often. We were often the same. We often had a fight. At some point, we came to trust that fights wouldn't lead to breaking up, and that trust set us at ease. Ironically unlike, in the beginning, we didn't accept each other's differences which we were already aware of. We fought more often and more fiercely. No, we became cheap. We barely stopped ourselves and repeatedly broke up and dated again for no reason. Then we got to a point that we broke up with a single word. And we also learned to get back together with one word too. About the time when restaurants and bars began to serve single-serving dishes we finally truly broke up. I thought it wasn't love. I thought so when it seemed like our hearts can't be wounded anymore, yet we found ourselves clawing out each other as we broke up. I thought so when I began to think that I grew indifferent over time. I just wanted to trust my dishonest stubbornness that thought it wasn't love. Love may change but the truth doesn't. It was love. - Im Jin Joo (Episode 5) 

But the reason why I cried yesterday isn't that I couldn't get over him. I couldn't get over how much I suffered. That means I'm not over myself, not him. I suddenly thought of how sad my life was to have spent most of my 20s with one man. That's it. - Im Jin Joo (Episode 5) 

I wish to question this barbarian culture of believing that the best quality of a woman resides on the outside beauty. - Im Jin Joo (Episode 5) 

There can't be just one reason for a breakup. Like you love the other for more than one reason. - Im Jin Joo (Episode 5)  

Being normal is quite the challenge, right? - Lee Eun Jung (Episode 6) 

It's already a weird world. So I'm going to count on the lowest probability. And that's good enough reason for today. - Im Jin Joo (Episode 6) 

The only thing we can get by doing nothing is air. - Im Jin Joo (Episode 6) 

IJJ - What does it mean to ask someone out? I just wanted to throw that fundamental question. 
SBS - I don't think it's matter of how to ask someone out. It's the feeling of how a person began to like another. I think it's more important to make the feelings show. I mean, once people who are watching the drama can connect with those feelings, don't you think simply saying "I like you" would be enough? 
(Episode 7) 

I'm hearing a lot of my favorite sounds today. I caught up on sleep by sleeping in on Saturday morning. I turned on the washing machine. Then I went back to sleep and loafed around for a long time. I read some books in bed. The sun shined on my face as the clouds cleared away. That made me feel good. At that time, "The Trout" by Schubert played on the washing machine. I love that sound. Then it was time to hang up the laundry. My blanket under the sunshine was so soft and smooth. I felt too good to get up. "Your delivery's here!" I love that sound. I shopped for some clothes online after a long time, and it suited me perfectly. It made me feel even better that I decided to hang up the laundry. Around the time I was done my stomach rumbled. I love that sound. Aah. What should I eat? I was ready to cook some ramen. Then suddenly: "Have you eaten?" The voice asking that question. I really liked it. - Seo Beom Soo (Episode 7)

By the way, must you express your feelings for someone? - Seo Beom Soo (Episode 7)

JHJ - Why are you here today?
SIJ - Because I was lonely. 
JHJ - Then why did you come here?
SIJ - It feels much better to see someone who's much lonelier than me. 
(Episode 8)

*List will be updated