Updated: September 22, 2024
Here’s a collection of quotes from the Korean drama, No Gain No Love (2024):
Episode 1
- “In life, you sometimes end up losing out. Your friends won’t like you if you try to avoid losses all the time.” – Coach
- “Hate is the giver’s loss, not the receiver’s.” – Son Hae Yeong
“I’m a stickler for fairness who hates suffering losses, and I was born to an angel without wings, a true model of kindness and generosity.” – Son Hae Yeong
“The love and attention my mom gave away were supposed to be mine. The time and energy she spent should’ve been mine as well.” – Son Hae Yeong
- “Having never agreed to be kind and generous, I always felt deprived and at a loss.” – Son Hae Yeong
- “When there is a will, there is a way. When there is none, there are only excuses.” – Kim Ji Uk
- “If he hates me for no reason, I want to give him a good reason.” – Son Hae Yeong
- “Hating me is just his loss.” – Son Hae Yeong
Episode 2
- “It only took you a day to understand what I couldn’t for a year.” – Son Hae Yeong
- “Marrying someone I love would be nice. But the love has to last during the marriage.” – Son Hae Yeong
“Am I lovable? I’m a calculating person who hates suffering losses even in relationships. Am I really lovable?” – Son Hae Yeong
- “Find someone who will love every aspect of you.” – Cha Hui Seong
- “The only feelings that would develop between you and me are dislike or even extreme disgust.” – Kim Ji Uk
- “I know too much about you to develop a romantic interest in you.” – Kim Ji Uk
- “Knowledge is in the head, and romantic interest is in the heart. You never know.” – Son Hae Yeong
- “I hate suffering losses and I hate making others suffer losses.” – Son Hae Yeong
Episode 3
“How can he be both so shabby and so good-looking?” – Son Hae Yeong
“Go big or go home, right? It isn’t a proper proposal if you do it because it’s about time, because your partner asked for it, or because the wedding date has been set. That’s just congratulating yourself.” – Son Hae Yeong
- “A woman who forgets her cringey past has no future.” – Son Hae Yeong
- “Dear friend, even among closest friends, certain things should never be shared.” – Son Hae Yeong
“If you say yes, you’ll get to keep the world’s last batch of Mustard Pang Pang Jelly and me, as a bonus.” – Kim Ji Uk
Episodes 4-6
- “Encouragement is only a burden to the receiver. The giver doesn’t lose anything.” – Son Hae Yeong
- “You’ll always be a kid when talking about your mom.” – Son Hae Yeong
“But the thing is, just as you can like someone but not love them, you can love someone and not like them.” – Son Hae Yeong
“She’s always been like that. Her attention and energy were always directed elsewhere, so I was always the kid she forgot about and neglected.” – Son Hae Yeong
- “Go where you want to go, see who you want to see, and live as you wish to live.” – Son Hae Yeong
- “The truth can’t beat the power of scandal, but scandal is nothing in the face of brazen audacity.” – Son Hae Yeong
Episodes 7-8
“A home full of memories is better than a house worth a billion won.” – Officemate
“I told you that my body and mind are one. My body is where my mind is right now.” – Kim Ji Uk
“Im your priority and your partner, as long as our rings are on.” – Kim Ji Uk
“I’m not confused at all. No matter how much you beat around the bush, I hear you loud and clear. I like you, too.” – Kim Ji Uk
“My land has been conquered by a tyrant next door.” – Kim Ji Uk
“I’ll wait for you so patiently that you won’t even realize I’m waiting.” – Kim Ji Uk

Genre: Rom-com
Also known as: Because I Want No Loss
Synopsis: The story of a woman who proposes a fake marriage because she hates taking any loss and a man who agrees to be the fake groom because he hates causing any harm.
No. of episodes: 16
Cast: Shin Min-a, Kim Young-dae, Lee Sang-yi, Han Ji-hyun
Screenwriter: Kim Hye Young
Director: Kim Jung Sik
Network: tvN
Streaming platform: Amazon Prime Video
Release date:: August 26, 2024
Prime Video English translation: Ji-hun Lee | Images: tvN