Updated: October 7, 2022

Here’s a collection of quotes from the Korean series, Love In Contract (2022):

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On marriage contract, career, and lifestyle

“You were my best husband, not my best client.” – Choi Sang Eun

• “You find the world easily, being treated as a master at home and a star outside?” – Choi Sang Eun
• “Do you want our contract to continue?” – Jung Jiho
• “Why didn’t you come to work on Friday? You don’t work like this. I have been waiting.” – Jung Jiho

“You earn money by selling your face only to be humiliated like this?” – Hae Jin’s father

“Whether you intended it or not, the drive of your business is a man’s inferiority complex. A root cause of many brutal crimes.” – Jung Jiho

“Marriage is my job. Mon, Tue, Wed, Thurs, Fri, and Sat. I, Choi Sang-eun, am always ready to welcome any husband as my client.” – Choi Sang Eun

• “Looking at all the designer labelled items, I can see your passion for success.” – Choi Sang Eun
• “A watch is a man’s symbol of success!” – Ki Doo’s friend

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On life and humanity

“I think the most childish, annoying, and ridiculous words are ‘first love’.” – Choi Sang Eun

“But you grew up well. You’re great now.” – Jung Jiho
“You’re great, too. You grew up well.” – Choi Sang Eun

• “We’re quite funny. Telling each other that we grew up well.” – Choi Sang Eun
• “You’re my first love.” – Choi Sang Eun

“You don’t have to feel burdened. I started it as a goodwill.” – Jung Jiho

• “That breathless life where you have nothing but to lose. The desire to live like a human being, even if you have to do something crazy.”  – Choi Sang Eun
• “The money I got from those who always blamed others, I spent on someone who always blames herself.’ – Jung Jiho

“Am I going overboard if I reply now to a message I got yesterday?” – Choi Sang Eun
“That’d be a confession.” – Gwang Nam

• “Do you have other feelings for me?” – Choi Sang Eun
• “Do you want to know how you really feel? Then do what your heart tells you to do. Don’t hold it in anymore.” – Ms. Kim

“You hate because you love. You cry because you hate.” – Choi Sang Eun

• “There’s no need to make a relationship complicated, whether work or personal.” – Choi Sang Eun
• “You can’t use people to get ahead.” – Choi Sang Eun
• “You abandoned me to get more money but now you’re sorry?” – Choi Sang Eun
• “Everything you’ve done for me is for your own satisfaction. Am I wrong?” – Choi Sang Eun

“Will there be a time when I can put down everything and be at peace?” – Choi Sang Eun

“You’re looking for someone who will love you when you don’t love yourself. That won’t be easy.” – Jung Jiho

“Then who do you want to meet?” – Jung Jiho
“Someone that can love my face without makeup.” – Choi Sang Eun

• “I don’t like my face without makeup.” – Choi Sang Eun
• “My life was a bridal class.” – Choi Sang Eun
• “It’s quite funny. It’s less awkward for us to have dinner than to have coffee.” – Choi Sang Eun

“I think it’s a good thing.” – Jung Jiho
“What is?” – Choi Sang Eun
“A person smiling back at you.” – Jung Jiho

“What’s good about life and what’s bad about it?” – Kang Hae Jin

“I thought the record didn’t matter. But seeing the document in my late 20s with 12 divorce cases, it felt like my life’s report card.” – Choi Sang Eun

• “The most perfect conversation skill not to reveal yourself is silence.” – Jung Jiho
• “Most wounded flowers are the most fragrant.” – Jung Jiho
• “People are so easy to please.” – Ms. Yoo

“There’s a scar on a grass. There’s a scar on a flower. I’m the grass, you the flower.” – Gwang Nam

“But the flower is prettier.” – Choi Sang Eun

• “Although it is my job to end someone’s life, when I saw her for the first time, I wanted to save someone instead.” – Jung Jiho
• “They say even petals and leaves have wounds. If you stay on the field like the leaves, when the wind blows, your wounds will get deeper, no?” – Choi Sang Eun

“You are not embarassed over getting dumped. You might just be sad over being abandoned.” – Gwang Nam

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Genre: Romance, Comedy
Synopsis: The unusual job of a “single life helper” who becomes wife of single people needing partner to attend events such as couples’ gatherings and reunions.
No of episodes: 16
Cast: Park Min-young, Go Kyung-pyo, Kim Jae-young
Writer: Ha Gu-dam
Director: Nam Sung-woo
Network: tvN, Prime Video
Date: September 21, 2022

Subtitle translation: Prime Video