10 sweetest quotes from 'Descendants of the Sun'
By Kim Da-hee
The main actors in the KBS TV drama series “Descendants of the Sun” have left numerous quotes as sweet and romantic as the sound track.
Major quotes from the main performers, including Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo, are making the rounds on Korean, Chinese and other Asian websites, indicating the drama’s Asia-wide popularity.
The fifth episode on Wednesday showed doctor Kang Mo-yeon (Song Hye-kyo) emotionally attached to Capt. Yoo Si-jin (Song Joong-ki) after the latter saved the former from a car on the edge of a cliff after the vehicle skidded off the road.
The episode rated a record 27.4 percent, according to Nielsen Korea.
The Korea Times has selected the 10 best lines from the drama and translated them into English for foreign fans.
/Courtesy of KBS
1. “I hope you don’t think my kiss is bad. I did it after thinking a thousand times”
(After You Si-jin kisses Kang Mo-yeon for the first time).
.jpg?w=728)
2. “You are already beautiful”
(Yoo Si-jin speaks to Kang Mo-yeon, who is reluctant to make eye contact because she is wearing no make-up).
3. “You have so many men to worry about. Just worry about me from now on.”
(Detained Yoo Si-jin speaks it to Kang Mo-yeon, crying on the opposite side of the door. Yoo has been detained for ignoring his superior’s order).
4. “Regarding the kiss, what should I do? Should I apologize for that? Should I confess my feeling to you?”
(Yoo Si-jin reveals his feelings to Kang Mo-yeon and asks her the question one day before he returns to Korea).
5. “Yes … you know, I have (been bewitched by something).”
(When Kang Mo-yeon and Yoo Si-jin look at the wrecked ship, Kang asks him: “Have you ever been bewitched by something?”).
6. “Because it is far away ... I want to spend more time with you.”
(When Yoo Si-jin and Kang Mo-yeon got to a beach, Kang asks Yoo: “Didn’t you say the beach is far from here?”).
7. “My principle is that children, beautiful women and the elderly need to be protected.”
(Yoo Si-jin explains to Kang Mo-yeon why he allowed Kang to operate on an elderly patient despite the danger).
8. “There is a way.”
(Yoo Si-jin, who is not allowed to drink alcohol as a soldier, speaks to Kang Mo-yeon, who is drinking wine, before kissing her).
9. “This is the most exciting moment since my birth. The moment I am with a beautiful woman before the lights (of the cinema) go out.”
(Yoo Si-jin and Kang Mo-yeon in a cinema on their first date. Yoo Si-jin speaks after Kang Mo-yeon says, “I feel most excited before the lights of the theater go out.”).
10. “It is not because you are good. It is because Seo Dae-young is a real soldier. That’s why I love him. If you don’t allow me to be sent to Uruk, you will lose not only first lieutenant Yoon Myung-joo but also daughter Yoon Myung Joo.”
(Yoon Myung-joo speaks to her father, who thinks poorly of Seo Dae-young as Yoon Myung-joo’s husband).