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100+ Quotes | See You In My 19th Life (2023)

Updated: July 24, 2023

Here’s a collection of quotes from the Korean drama, See You In My 19th Life (2023):

“Just as I was getting bored of repeating life after life, I met Seo-ha.” – Ban Ji Eum

“That was the most fun I’ve had in 100 years.” – Ban Ji Eum

“When I was with Seo-ha, I felt like I was actually 12. He made me forget that I had died and lived again seventeen times in the past.” – Ban Ji Eum

“I said I would stay by his side. But I couldn’t keep my promise.” – Ban Ji Eum

“Whenever one life ended, I would say the same prayer. I would pray that this life would be my last. Or that my memories would never return. But I said a different prayer that time.” – Ban Ji Eum

  • “There are moments that are indescribable with words.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “If you’re still unsure, why don’t you try dating me?” – Ban Ji Eum

“I’ve always wondered why I could remember my past lives. I couldn’t forget them even if I wanted to. But the most memorable life out of them all was the warm and ordinary summer days with you.” – Ban Ji Eum

  • “I was reborn this time solely to meet you.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “No one ever fully matures in their life. We just pretend to be.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “There are people I can share my secret with and people that I should never open up to.” – Ban Ji Eum

“I don’t know whether I was startled or simply wanted to live. But I just started running. All the longing and heart-wrenching memories must’ve vanished in the wind while I ran. I found the will to live once again. That was when I realized that if I run, I can live.” – Ban Ji Eum

  • “I’ll learn things gradually. And change things gradually, too.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “I guess his cold attitude was always his charm.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “You’re my first love. This is something that I’ve decided after years of pondering.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “I believe it’s wiser to be alone than to maintain unnecessary relationships.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “Sometimes it helps to open up your feelings to a stranger.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “I will be your secret journal.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “Dear diary. The end.” – Mun Seo Ha

“In all the lives I’ve lived, I could only feel my own pain. But not this life. The people I’ve left behind, I’m witnessing their sadness for the first time in this strange and new 19th life.” – Ban Ji Eum

“Doesn’t it feel like your worries are just melting away? When your past trauma haunts you and you feel like you’re sinking, think of these flowers.” – Ban Ji Eum

  • “I may seem strange at first but I’m hard to forget.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “I didn’t know that my death would become such a shackle to the people I left behind.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “Living a safe and ordinary life together with you. That’s all I want.” – Ae Gyeong

“Everytime I blew the candles out, I remembered the moment Ju-won stopped breathing. My birthdays were always linked to her death.” – Mun Seo Ha

“In life, timing is key. And I think the right time is today. I can’t let it pass by me again. I like you.” – Ban Ji Eum

  • “Do you also do that? You tell yourself you’ll stop tomorrow. But your feelings come back once you see them.” – Yoon Cho Won
  • “When you like someone, don’t you like everything about them?” – Yoon Cho Won
  • “I think I fell for you at first sight.” – Yoon Cho Won

“When she was gone, the world became silent.” – Yoon Cho Won

“Those memories frightened me but also made me sad for some reason. But I was sure of one thing. My heart was yearning to see her again.” – Ban Ji Eum

  • “Family members don’t always have to live under the same roof. We have our own lives to live.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “At times, an enemy from your past life becomes your family in the present.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “It feels like I’m reading a book when I’m chatting with you. An ancient book.” – Mun Seo Ha
  • “Why are you so interested in me smiling?” – Mun Seo Ha
  • “Because that’s why I was reborn this time.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “We just met but it strangely feels like we’ve known each other for a long time.” – Yoon Cho Won
  • “Every family has a story. We all fight like cats and dogs. That’s how it is.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “Shoulders are for people to lean on.” – Ban Ji Eum

“Despite living so many lives, I still struggle with these moments the most. It’s when I have to let go of the person I love.” – Ban Ji Eum

“When I’m with her, my worries melt away and I feel relieved. If this is what love is, can I let myself feel it?” – Mun Seo Ha

  • “She keeps reminding me of Ju-won and it’s driving me crazy.” – Mun Seo Ha
  • “I was wondering why someone keeps calling me by my name.” – Mun Seo Ha
  • “Her eyes were very understanding and pretty.” – Mun Seo Ha
  • “Why does a stranger feel so much like my sister?” – Yoon Cho Won

“I remember my past lives. And in my past life, I was Yoon Ju-won.” – Ban Ji Eum

  • “This life is different. My 19th life is strange and new.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “There are certain things about a person that never change. And for you, it’s your kind heart.” – Ban Ji Eum

“I’ve never been your friend. I’m your secretary.” – Ha Dojin

  • “Can I keep you company tonight?” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “Can you give me a hug?” – Mun Seo Ha

“I once desired to live a normal life. I wanted to meet the love of my life and have our story end with a happily ever after. I desperately wanted that.” – Ban Ji Eum

“We’re not going to have a bad ending.” – Ban Ji Eum

“Why do I remember my past lives? Is this a curse or a blessing? Whatever the case may be, I decided to accept my fate and often wondered how I would live my life.” – Ban Ji Eum

“Someone who’s always by your side whether in good times or bad. That’s who I wanted to be throughout my numerous lives.” – Ban Ji Eum

“I feel like I’m in a different world now that you’re here. Just a moment ago, my whole world seemed like it was crashing down.” – Mun Seo Ha

  • “I like you but I won’t date you.” – Ha Dojin
  • “Why not?” – Yoon Cho Won
  • “It’s not because of you. It’s because of me.” – Ha Dojin

“Everything in life has an end, and everyone experiences loss.” – Ban Ji Eum

“Even if something happens to me, I can come back to you. But you can’t.” – Ban Ji Eum

“Across my many lives, I’ve experienced many things and met a lot of people. I’ve lost a lot of people as well.” – Ban Ji Eum

“For me, everyday is a birthday or a death anniversary of someone I loved in the past. One thing saddened me though. It was that I had no one to share my good or bad memories as well. Everyone either died or disappeared and no one recognized me. But today, I feel better because of you.” – Ban Ji Eum

“There is a person who vividly remembers all their past lives. Their first memory was of sounds. The sound of the waves, the sound of the wind, and the sound of bells. Their second memory was of their mother. Her fragrant smell, her soft touch, and her warm embrace.” – Ban Ji Eum

“The person was born again and went back to their mother from their memory, but no one understood them. They realized then that they would never be welcome anywhere.” – Ban Ji Eum

“In one life, they were a dancer and wrote songs. In one life, they lost a lover. In another, they lost a child. They remembered everything but had no one to confide in. Several lives passed that way. Countless people from past relationships were afraid of the person. And the person was tired of being hurt.” – Ban Ji Eum

  • “Every time the next life came, then the next, it felt like more and more rocks weighed her heart down.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “In my next life. I want to remember you in my next life. I’ll come back to see you.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “The protagonist of this book is Yoon Ju-won, now known as Ban Ji-eum.” – Ban Ji Eum

“When their 18th life began, the person met a kid. It was strange. When they were with him, it felt as if the rocks weighing on their heart were lifted.” – Ban Ji Eum

“There was nothing special about him. So how did he lighten their heart so much?” – Ban Ji Eum

  • “The person forgot their past lives for a moment and enjoyed life like a 12-year-old.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “Would that person who remembers their 18 lives be able to enjoy life together with the kid?” – Ban Ji Eum

“If not today, then tomorrow. And even if not tomorrow, I would have kept waiting.” – Ban Ji Eum

“I was in the past, I’m in the  present and I’ll be in the future as well.” – Ban Ji Eum

  • “It feels nice to leave everything behind.” – Mun Seo Ha
  • “When you want to leave, you should just do it. If not, you can’t ever leave. And you’ll regret it.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “It feels like leaving a battlefield.” – Mun Seo Ha

“You’re my most special memory.” – Ban Ji Eum

  • “Relationships can only be maintained when the feeling is mutual.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “Can you even say that this life is a new life for you? Aren’t you just clinging onto your past relationships?”

“Wishes come true if you’re desperate enough.” – Ban Ji Eum

  • “I think deep relationships, whether forged out of love or out of hate, are destined to intertwine again as family or as lovers.” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “I think it’s time for me to let go.” – Yoon Cho Won

“No matter what choice you make, and no matter who you are, I’ll be by your side.” – Mun Seo Ha

“All I wanted was to save a life.” – Ban Ji Eum

“I will never forget this day. I shall forever remember this rage. Be it hundreds or thousands of years, I shall remember this and be born again. And I will get my revenge no matter what.” – Ban Ji Eum

“It was me. I was the one who cursed myself to remember my past lives. I bound myself. Because I was devastated. Because I was enraged. I was a fool.” – Ban Ji Eum

“Putting an end to remembering your past lives means you’ll lose the memories of the people from them.” – Mr. Kang

“How do you share a happy goodbye with a loved one? It isn’t with sadness or with fear. You simply share your happy moments for the last time together. It was painful, but it was a beautiful and happy goodbye. But if my memories are gone, what could I possibly share? How will I find happiness?” – Ban Ji Eum

  • “I don’t know what’s weighing on your mind. But do what’s best for you, not others. Do what you want.” – Ae Gyeong
  • “My precious sister. Who will I go to when I’m struggling if I forget about you?” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “Ae-gyeong, my one and only niece. You were my real mom in this life. Will I be able to live without you?” – Ban Ji Eum
  • “Seo-ha. Had I known we’d run out of time so soon, I would’ve expressed my gratitude and love more often.” – Ban Ji Eum

“I don’t want to forget. I want to remember them.” – Ban Ji Eum

  • “I’m trusting in you, not me.” – Mun Seo Ha
  • “A carefree heart that’s ready to forget everything and four words?” – Ban Ji Eum

“You stand out from everything else.” – Ha Dojin

  • “If you’re still unsure, why don’t you try dating me?” – Mun Seo Ha
  • “What if we’re not strangers? Will you consider it then?” – Mun Seo Ha

“I was planning to take it slow. But I don’t want to let you go now that I’ve seen you.” – Mun Seo Ha

Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Comedy
Also known as: Please Take Care Of Me In This Life As Well
Synopsis: The story of a woman whose 18th life was cut short due to a tragic accident so she sets out to reconnect with a man she met in the past in her 19th life.
Based on: the webtoon See You in My 19th Life by Lee Hey
No of episodes: 12
Cast: Shin Hye-sun, Ahn Bo-hyun, Ha Yoon-kyung, Ahn Dong-goo
Writer: Choi Young-lim
Director: Lee Na Jung
Network: tvN
Streaming platform: Netflix
Date: June 17, 2023

Netflix subtitle translation:
Ji-hun Lee, Soo-ji Kim