Updated: December 21, 2025
Here’s a collection of quotes from the Korean drama, Moon River (2025):
Episode 1
“The Flowers of Fate are originally white. But when two bound by the red thread recognize one another, they bloom in crimson.” – Old man
“When people are born, each is born with a destined soulmate. Those who are fated are connected hand to hand by a red thread, which is how they recognise their soulmate. And that thread is called the thread of fate. Those bound by this thread no matter what trials or tribulations they face, will always find each other in the end. No matter how many lifetimes it takes, if not in this life, then most certainly in the next.” – Old man
“Love may not conquer all, but it gives a person strength.” – Old man
“If you catch a falling petal, your first love will come true.” – Crown Princess
“The clothes should be the wings. My handsome face should not be the wings for the clothes.” – Crown Prince
“A total dogfight like this is always best enjoyed with a snack.” – Crown Prince
“Do not ask for death so lightly. Especially not when I am near the water.” – Crown Prince
“I am already dead inside. You are the one who has killed me, Father.” – Crown Prince
“Anger born of fear is feared by no one. Weakness is cowardice, and powerlessness is a sin. So become strong.” – Kim Han Chul
“In this world, strength is the only justice.” – Kim Han Chul
“When life gets bitter, this is the best medicine.” – Park Dal
“It is not about the money, but how can I ignore a father’s pain, right?” – Park Dal
“A married daughter is an outsider. I cannot bring her home. And even if I could, how could that poor girl endure the scorn of society?” – Lord Heo
“I will not rest until I know your daughter is safe.” – Park Dal
“It is too gloomy. Both the palace and this royal dragon robe.” – Crown Prince
“I just saw my crown princess.” – Crown Prince
“When your life is full of landmines, you tend to forget the pretty words.” – Park Dal
“Just as suspicion is the most solid fortress, the desire for revenge is the most powerful weapon.” – Kim Han Chul
“You are in for a surprise if you doubt a porter’s stamina!” – Park Dal
“No one must ever find out who she is.” – Auntie
Episode 2
“You must die for the crown prince.” –
“How far back do I need to go? It was only after long contemplation that I realised you cannot take back a fired arrow, and time is like an arrow. If I cannot turn back time, then my only choice is to strike the fatal blow.” – Crown Prince
“I have come to borrow that hatred. Will you join me in my revenge?” – Crown Prince
“I cannot tell if she is fearless or just reckless.” – Grand Prince Jeun
“If that girl truly is the Crown Princess, if she is just alive, I would just take her hand and run away. But if that girl is not the Crown Princess, if she is just a simple peddler or a runaway slave, that girl will be killed.” – Crown Prince
“You are very fortunate. To have run into me with a face like that.” – Crown Prince
“It was not about her chastity. She was protecting herself.” – Park Dal
“Chunhyang was not trying to protect her chastity but her dignity. Chastity was merely a tool. A tool to protect her own self-worth.” – Crown Princess
“If you happen to catch a falling flower petal, do you know what happens?” – Crown Prince
“If you happen to catch a falling flower petal… And why should I tell you, my lord?” – Park Dal
“Because of you, I have been trapped in a dream. A long-awaited nightmare.” – Crown Prince
“Whether it was by luck or by design, even a tiger must be leashed if it runs wild.” – Kim Han Chul
“Even when I touch her, she does not disappear. That is why I find myself wanting her more. Just for a moment. Can I not be shameless for just one moment?” – Crown Prince
“Then I will just have to show you that I am the exception.” – Crown Prince
Episode 3
“Leave Hanyang this instant. This is the price someone as lowly as you has to pay for having a face like yours.” – Crown Prince
“I am not your wife from a dream. I am Park Dal, and I live in reality.” – Park Dal
“I’m afraid I will go to her. Again and again. I am afraid I will run to her like a madman.” – Crown Prince
“Throwing away everything I have only to fall into ruin is not part of my plan.” – Lady U Hui
“Take back your rightful place. My prince.” – Lady U Hui
“If not the throne, then choose me. Have me.” – Lady U Hui
“With the exception of my daughter, any woman you love will die.” – Kim Han Chul
“As you go on with your life, may you never be cold again. Neither your hands nor your heart.” – Grand Prince Jeun
“Hardships build character.” – Crown Prince
“Any more growth, and it will just be old age.” – Shin Won
“How dare you defy my will and shatter my ambition?” – Kim Han Chul
“You, before my very eyes. Are you a dream? Or a spirit?” – Crown Prince
“I saved your life, so your life is my business now.” – Park Dal
“You protected my legs without asking for anything in return. So that makes you Heungbu, the good guy, and a swallow never abandons Heungbu.” – Park Dal
“I did not catch you. You caught me. You are the one who came running to my side. So you have to save me. Protect me with everything you have. That is an order.” – Crown Prince
Episode 4
“She saved the Crown Prince many times. Naturally, she must be awarded.” – Crown Prince
“Why take the long way in a hurry? The more haste, the better the plan.” – Park Dal
“Steel your heart and go straight ahead.” – Park Dal
“The Crown Prince is a tiger.” – Queen Dowager
“You killed the Crown Prince for Grand Prince Je-un, and Grand Prince Je-un threw away his life for you. See? This is how love makes people weak.” – Kim Han Chul
“Today is the last day.” – Crown Prince
“The wound on your neck does not seem too deep, but the wound in your heart does.” – Grand Prince Jeun
“Sometimes, a simple touch or a certain look can be the most sincere answer.” – Grand Prince Jeun
“There are no subjects who would love a royal family that does not care for its people. Therefore, you must fear your people. Love them first. Do not just reign over them. Rule them with reason and justice.” – Park Dal
“Who in the world are you? I came to see you one last time, so why do you keep me rooted? Why are you putting down roots in my heart all over again?” – Crown Prince
“When you think of it, the swallow does more than repay debts. It rewards Heungbu and punishes Nolbu. It is a shrewd merchant who never makes a loss. That darn swallow must have made some kind of mistake. With a heart as kind as mine, there is no way I am the bad guy here. Me, the oh-so-precious Crown Prince, for my body to be switched with this lowly peddler. This is divine punishment!” – Crown Prince
Episode 5
“The red string of fate, once forcibly severed, has found its match and begun to thrash wildly. It is out of my hands now. You two will just have to navigate this cruel fate yourselves.” – Old man
“It is gone. Not just anything. My manhood is gone.” – Crown Prince
“My face. Where did my face go?” – Park Dal
“Why do I have that guy’s face?” – Park Dal
“Did the world turn upside down while I was not looking?” – Park Dal
“If you are going to use me, then use me properly. I will be the ace up your sleeve.” – Crown Prince
“If there is no law, you just make one. If that fails, you just break rules just to keep them on their toes.” – Crown Prince
“The palace is, by nature, a world ruled by women.” – Crown Prince
“What creative method does it take to make a man’s heart waver?” – Park Dal
“Why are you asking me? You are the one who swayed my heart.” – Crown Prince
“Do not cry with my face.” – Crown Prince
“From now on, you have to truly become Lee Gang, the Crown Prince of Joseon.” – Crown Prince
“Do not worry, my lord. The Crown Princess. I will protect her with my life. That is the only reason I chose to live instead of following you.” – Hong Nan
“My heart aches. It’s like I’m underwater. I feel like I am suffocating.” – Park Dal
“Not a life of constant wandering, wearing out your straw shoes. But a life where I wear silk shoes and walk at a leisurely pace. That is the life I want. When I do not have to run anymore, and I do not have to live in hiding. A life where I can settle down and make a real family of my own.” – Park Dal
“Black and white do not just belong to the cold winter nights. So from now on, your season will be a spring night. And from now on, the path you walk will be a path of flowers.” – Crown Prince
“Do not stray too far.” – Crown Prince
Episode 6
“Pity. Admiration. Just pathetic foolishness, mistaking it for love. If you call that love, is that not an insult to love itself?” – Grand Prince Jeun
“It is more important to avoid risk than to seize an opportunity.” – Queen Dowager
“I am taking it all back. The warmth I gave you, the peace, the devotion. All of it.” – Grand Prince Jeun
“While I am gone, hang in there.” – Crown Prince
“Let he who is without sin among you cast the first stone.” – Park Dal
“Since your body is mine right now, that means half of this revenge is mine as well.” – Park Dal
“See just how lovely you are. And how precious you are.” – Crown Prince
“A husband protects his wife’s dream. What else is he to do? He protects them because he loves her. What other choice is there?” – Merchant
“Like mighty oaks from little acorns, happiness grows from little piles. Gently piling up sounds like small blessings piling up like a promise of happiness. Does it not feel that way to you?” – Park Dal
“I was listening to the sound of the snow falling. Gently piling up. It is as if little blessings are piling up like snow. Does it not feel like a promise of happiness?” – Crown Princess Yeon Wol
“Was not wearing flower shoes your dream? You wear your flower shoes. I will be the one running barefoot.” – Crown Prince
“This girl now inhabits my body and in my heart, the moon flows.” – Crown Prince
Episode 7
“The more I hear about her, the more I like her.” – Queen Dowager
“I am always a coward. And a coward cannot make a choice.” – Grand Prince Jeun
“Why did you shower me with flower petals? Because you keep doing this, Your Highness, you make my heart weak. The feelings I tried hard to swallow now feel so painful and unfair. And so I want to be comforted. And I want it to be you, Your Royal Highness. You are making me hope for the impossible!” – Park Dal
“Do you like me, Your Royal Highness?” – Park Dal
“People become so predictable the moment they get power.” – Grand Prince Jeun
“That is the way of the palace. A place where life and death hang on a single piece of paper. A ruthless place.” – Crown Prince
“If I am forced to marry and take a concubine I do not love, what about how I feel?” – Crown Prince
“My feelings for you cannot be allowed to hold you down. I must hide them deep inside. Without leaving a single trace. So that not even my shadow gives me away.” – Crown Prince
“Sleep eludes me. I thought it was the bedding that was uncomfortable, but it must be my heart. The night is dark, and the moon is bright, so why, as if shrouded in clouds, is my heart so bleak? I am not myself, and you are not yourself. And in the empty space, a dull longing stretches, settles. Will finding what I have lost be enough? Will returning to my rightful place be enough? Only then, will I finally find peace?” – Crown Prince
“Maybe this feeling is not for the Crown Princess but for me.” – Park Dal
“It was not a love letter. It was just a poem.” – Park Dal
“I will take Dal as my Royal Concubine.” – Park Dal
“We are back.” – Crown Prince
Episode 8
“Who said you could leave? I am going to make you my concubine. I have to keep you in my sight. I need to keep you close so I know you are safe. From now on, I will be your shield, and you will hide behind me. Until that shield is broken.” – Crown Prince
“What parent can ever win against their child?” – His Majesty / King
“After all, there is a stronger leash than a weakness.” – Kim Han Chul
“A person’s greatest weakness is love. Did I not tell you so?” – Kim Han Chul
“Public opinion is more powerful than evidence.” – Kim Han Chul
“Everything is over. Because of me. It is all ruined because of me.” – Park Dal
“Yeon Wol, you are like the heavens, and your heart, I will hold it forever, with no regrets. You must fly free and rest in peace.” – Crown Prince
“How could I ever be angry with you? You are the sole exception to all my anger.” – Crown Prince
“I am very deeply in love with you, Park Dal.” – Crown Prince
Episode 9
“Every time I save you, just say I was amazing or that you have fallen for me. That would be enough.” – Crown Prince
“Our Crown Prince has matured a great deal in the meantime. However, a tree that grows higher than the ceiling must be chopped down.” – Kim Han Chul
“If I cared for riches and jewels, I would have stayed where I was. If I only wanted you for your title, I would have left a long time ago. Next time, instead of a wedding gift, bring me my father’s downfall.” – Lady U Hui
“He has never once considered me his daughter, so it is nothing for me to abandon him as my father.” – Lady U Hui
“Doing pointless things is what romance is.” – Crown Prince
“Inside your dream, I have placed my own.” – Crown Prince
“This is not a bribe. It is a wedding gift.” – Crown Prince
“Right now, I am proposing to you. Not as the Crown Prince, but as a man, I am asking the woman I Iove to be my one and only partner. I am asking for your hand. Will you be my wife?” – Crown Prince
“Indeed. If she fails to find herself, then both this flower of fate and red thread of fate will remain forever incomplete.” – Old man
“It must be hard to believe. That the Crown Prince of this nation is completely and utterly yours. Your heart must be bursting.” – Crown Prince
“Every time I blink, something changes. My head is about to explode.” – Park Dal
“How could you try to take everything from the Crown Prince?” – His Majesty / King
Episode 10
“It was you I loved.” – Lady U Hui
“Do not hide things from me. When you suffer in silence, that is what hurt me the most.” – Grand Prince Jeun
“I have no fear of the skies! I have already resigned myself to the fiery pit anyway.” – Kim Han Chul
“You must protect what is yours.” – Kim Han Chul
“One by one I gave things away. Until I lost everything.” – His Majesty / King
“Power is not something one shares.” – Kim Han Chul
“With those feeble fists of yours, are you going to behead me? Or will you reveal the secret pact and prove that the coup was illegitimate all by yourself?” – Kim Han Chul
“I was a prisoner of that secret pact. For years, my life was a living nightmare. They took everything from me. But you are the one thing I managed to protect.” – His Majesty / King
“You must survive. Live, even if you have to be disgraced and cowardly.” – His Majesty / King
“I have to let them remain unjustly accused forever. And you are telling me to live? Can you even call that living?” – Crown Prince
“Going after family is a low blow, is it not? And going after a royal is high treason. Back off. Unless you want to lose your heads.” – Crown Prince
“I suppose what you held in your hands was not the key to my father’s downfall but simply a foolish dream.” – Lady U Hui
“To allow anyone to be more powerful than me is to be prepared to give up everything I have.” – Kim Han Chul
“Power is harder to keep than it is to seize. So, it is time to wake up from this foolish dream and live like a flower. You will take root in this palace. You will bloom when I tell you to, and you will wither on my command. If you do just that, that will be a life well-lived.” – Kim Han Chul
“You need to get a grip. Open your eyes and see who your real enemy is. See exactly where you need to aim your bow. Do not get bogged down by all this useless guilt and let it eat you up inside.” – Park Dal
“You must be strong. If the path is blocked, you force your way through. And if there is no path, who cares? Just build a new one.” – Park Dal
“And most importantly, do not forget that I, your swallow, will always be by your side.” – Park Dal
“We have both lost people, have we not? People we held dear. Are you going to let fear paralyse you and walk right back into that fiery pit again?” – Queen Dowager
“So you will just sit there, weighing the consequences, and do absolutely nothing?” – Crown Prince
“We should return what we took unjustly and take back what was stolen from us.” – Crown Prince
“If I lose the woman I love again, I will die. My mind is made up. So, I ask that you make yours, Your Majesty.” – Crown Prince
“This time, you must save Her Highness.” – Hong Nan
“My dear. In a commoner’s home, is that not what they call a daughter-in-law? I just wanted to call you that once.” – His Majesty / King
“This one thing is mine.” – Park Dal
“Hong Nan, why did you deceive me?” – Crown Princess Yeon Wol
Episode 11
“Your Highness, you must not be swayed by pity or curiosity.” – Kim Han Chul
“I no longer wish to see you, Your Royal Highness. I despise the royals that killed mine, the palace, and you, Your Royal Highness, who will become its master.” – Crown Princess Yeon Wol
“This worthless title of Crown Prince. I have no desire or ambition for it whatsoever. If there is one thing I have ever truly desired, it is you and you alone. So please, you must remain my heart’s one desire. Please do not abandon me.” – Crown Prince
“I will come back and I will follow you anywhere. We will, no matter what, be together!” – Crown Prince
“A Crown Prince has but two paths in life. To ascend the throne, or to die. The Crown Prince plans to abandon everything to run away with you. So, for the Prince’s sake, you must let the world believe you are dead. Go far away, and live the rest of your life as if you were dead.” – His Majesty / King
“Why would I run away? I am innocent.” – Crown Princess Yeon Wol
“As long as His Royal Highness is safe, I can be at peace.” – Crown Princess Yeon Wol
“If I fail to protect her again, my son, Gang, will be broken.” – His Majesty / King
“The kids have changed in the past five years. So I must change as well as the adult.” – His Majesty / King
“What does it matter what I am? I am stuck on you.” – Crown Princess Yeon Wol
“Rather than sit in my room, I wanted to steal a moment with you.” – Crown Princess Yeon Wol
“That is not true love. What love traps the one left behind in a living nightmare forever? That is why, I will never, ever die. I will not go down without a fight. Never.” – Crown Princess Yeon Wol
“Let us live. Let us both live a long life.” – Crown Prince
“I will orchestrate your father’s downfall, and all you have to do is hold this ring. The wind will always blow, so just breathe easy and smile often. You deserve to be happy, my precious, my dear U-Hui.” – Grand Prince Jeun
“If a path is blocked, we will force it open. If there is no path, we will make one.” – Crown Prince
“Am I not fighting a losing battle?” – Kim Han Chul
“No matter how cruel and twisted this world gets, do not just give in and die. When you are dead, you cannot remember those you love, and those who remember you can no longer hold you. What a terrible waste that would be. And so unfair. So do not throw it all away. Let us live.” – Park Dal
“If one road is blocked, there is always be another way around.” – Park Dal
“Becoming a supportive wife is so darn hard.” – Park Dal
“I must have caught two. After all, my first love and I ended up married twice.” – Crown Princess Yeon Wol
“At a time like this, you should not be on your knees. You should be holding me. Like you will never let go.” – Crown Princess Yeon Wol
Episode 12
“Do not treat me like Crown Princess Gang Yeon Wol. Treat me like Park Dal. Just like you always have.” – Park Dal
“When one red string of fate goes awry, the others are bound to follow. It seems that fool still has not given up. He does not even realize he is turning into a monster.” – Old Man / Elder
“I am the deposed Crown Princess.” – Park Dal
“I am so sorry. For being a cowardly father who was not always there for you.” – His Majesty / King
“If the bait is trying to save its own skin, the fish will never bite.” – Lady U Hui
“Even if I were to kill 100 more like her, you would not even bat an eye.” – Kim Han Chul
“What if we just run away from all this?” – Crown Prince
“I just want to be your Lee Gang. Can we not just live like that?” – Crown Prince
“If we turn our backs on everyone who is counting on us, can we be truly happy?” – Park Dal
“If there is anything we can do, we have to go all in. Even if we are flying blind, we have to charge straight ahead.” – Park Dal
Episode 13
“My dream is to become stronger. There is someone I wish to protect.” – Kim Han Chul
“His Majesty will protect you better than anyone else. Because he is the King. I am no match for him. He is the most powerful man in the world.” – Kim Han Chul
“What I wanted to protect was not some foolish emotion like love, but the throne. Strong royal authority.” – King His Majesty
“A sword, too, was one merely iron. The iron became a sword, and that blade is made to sin all because of love.”
“You tore us apart, and you ask me why I am dreaming of revenge?” – Park Dal
“The Royal Family is always so greedy.” – Kim Han Chul
“My father was the one who shattered me. I have no choice but to pierce him with these shattered pieces of me.” – Lady U Hui
“I must put an end to this charade.” – Lady U Hui
Episode 14
“Do you intend to go down with me?” – Kim Han Chul
“Your Majesty. I have fulfilled our great cause.” – Crown Prince
“I leave my very life in your hands, so that one day you will return to us.” – Kim Han Chul
“The only place for me to return to, and the person I must protect above all else is her only.” – Grand Prince Jeun
“As long as you remember me, and you run in my veins, then we will always be together.” – Crown Prince
“My love for you was selfish in the end.” – Crown Prince
“Have you ever heard of a human’s final seven minutes? For about seven minutes, after one’s last breath, the soul remains in the body and relives the happiest moment of that life. During those final seven minutes you prayed for only one thing.” – Old man
“I want to stay longer. By your radiant side, I want to stay for a long time.” – Crown Prince
“The desperation in your heart during your final moments and that woman’s desperate heart revived the dying flower of your shared fate.” – Old man
“There is a finite amount of everything in the world. Why would a bond between two people be any different?” – Old man
“Your love for each other conquered all.” – Old man
“So, what all these miracles have built up to create is destiny.” – Crown Prince
“I will spend the rest of my life in repentance.” – Queen Dowager
“If you had not been by my side, I might have become a monster.” – Crown Prince
“I am not asking you to abandon me. I am asking you to honor my love. Let me be the one to protect myself.” – Lady U Hui
“If you so much as sigh, I will fall apart. When you smile, I will wonder if you are hiding your sorrow, and my own heart will grow dark. I will always be walking on eggshells around you until, in the end, I will not be able to stand the sight of myself. I do not want that kind of future.” – Lady U Hui
“Just as your desire to protect me is love, my desire to protect you is also love.” – Lady U Hui
“That water must remember all our time together, do you not think?” – Park Dal
“Then I suppose that water had better have a good memory. Because our story is going to be a very long one.” – Crown Prince
“Even if you lose your memory all over again, even if I were to die again, or whatever else stands in our way, I will conquer it all. And we will live happily for a long time.” – Crown Prince
Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Romance
Also known as: The Moon Flows In This River
Synopsis: A soul swap drama between a reckless crown prince who has lost his smile and a fearless peddler who has lost her memory.
No. of episodes: 14
Cast: Kang Tae Oh, Kim Sejeong
Screenwriter: Cho Seung Hui
Director: Lee Dong Hyeun
Network: MBC
Streaming platform: Viu, Viki
Date: November 7, 2025
English subtitle translation: Viu
Images: MBC, Viu
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