Updated: March 14, 2026
Here’s a collection of quotes from the Korean drama, Honour (2026):
Episode 1
“Over 80% of sexual assault victims face secondary trauma in court. And because of that secondary victimization in the courtroom, they end up dropping their cases. That’s the impact of the Constitutional Court’s ruling.” – Atty Yoon
“If you make the powerless suffer with one hand, then you need to wipe away their tears with the other.” – CEO Kang
“Everything you know is everything I know.” – Reporter Lee
“Does meeting through prostitution mean it’s okay to rape someone?” – CEO Kang
“And when the truth comes out, there will be a price to pay.” – Atty Yoon
“Kill, don’t die. That’s the mindset. To spite them all. If you’re tied up, bite. If they gag you, headbutt them. Don’t waste time on dying. Figure out how to survive. That’s what I would do.” – Atty Yoon
“And the ones with more to answer for than you are the adults who didn’t teach you how dangerous and wrong that was.” – Atty Yoon
“We are going to fight for you until the very end. But you need to start helping us, too.” – Atty Yoon
“You know, sometimes I think I’m so darn glad she’s our friend and not our enemy.” – Atty Hwang
“I see things through to the end, even with a losing hand. And I’ve never lost.” – CEO Kang
“If we couldn’t land a kick, we’d throw a punch. If a hook didn’t connect, we’d use a jab. And when even a jab wouldn’t work, what choice did we have?” – Atty Yoon
“We spent the last ten years fighting tooth and nail. But now after ten years of that, we can land a hook, and even a kick. That’s the kind of world we live in now.” – Atty Yoon
“If we’ve played even a small part in making the world a better place, then for the next decade, and the one after that, we will gladly continue the fight. On the side of the weak and the just.” – Atty Yoon
Episodes 2-3
“See? You can’t trust people who act all high and mighty. They’re the ones who are always rotten to the core.” – Detective Seung Jin
“You’re right. You can’t turn back time. But we can make time move forward again.” – Atty Yoon
“Eat something. You have to eat to live, and as long as you’re alive, this isn’t the end.” – Atty Yoon
“I don’t care who stabbed me today. A stalker, a hater, whoever. If I stop, I might as well be dead, Shin Jae.” – Atty Yoon
“The choice is yours. Are you going to turn back with me? Or walk of that cliff alone?” – Atty Yoon
“But why is it that back then, and even now, it feels like nothing’s changed at all?” – Atty Yoon
“Do we keep going or we stop?” – CEO Kang
“But if we can’t go to them, we just make them come to us.” – Atty Yoon
“If they want to kill me, I say bring it on. I’m not going down alone.” – Atty Yoon
“Because what victims truly want is to have someone on their side, to listen to their story, and to fight alongside them.” – Atty Yoon
“We are waiting to hear your stories. So we can fight alongside you. There’s only one thing we need. Connect.” – Atty Yoon
“We’re weak when we’re alone, but we find strength when we connect with one another. Our goal going forward is clear. It’s to connect, to form a connection.” – Atty Yoon
Episodes 4-5
“There are times when I need a place where I know I’m truly safe. A place where I can feel safe. Even if I’m not physically in here, just knowing it’s here helps.” – Atty Yoon
“Victims often change their names after an accident. Because they want to put it behind them.” – Park Je Yeol / Park Ju Hwan
“I guess that’s why I became a prosecutor. Because I know all too well that until the culprit is caught, the victim can never escape their own personal hell.” – Park Je Yeol / Park Ju Hwan
“Before you leap without looking, you need to weigh the consequences. What you stand to gain from this and what you stand to lose.” – Atty Kwon
“Either way, you only have one choice. Join me or spend the rest of your life being pushed around by your mother.” – Atty Kwon
“The laws in the Republic of Korea don’t call what you did a matter of privacy. They call it a crime. When the wind blows, I will sway. And yet, the flowers still bloom.” – CEO Kang
“Anyone who defies me I cut them out. When it comes to traitors, I’ve never failed to remove them from the industry.” – CEO Song
“I was my own easiest target. I should’ve been mad at my tormentor, at this unjust world. But I didn’t have the courage to fight back, so I was just taking it out on someone weak. Myself, the easiest person for me to hurt.” – Atty Yoon
“Blaming yourself is the most convenient way to be a coward. That’s what I realized.” – Atty Yoon
“Surviving isn’t all that complicated. I felt like I was going to die, but once I ate, I found myself able to live again. To live, you have to eat. And to save someone, you have to feed them.” – Atty Yoon
“Some wounds heal without a trace, but others leave scars that last forever.” – Atty Yoon
“Just when I think it’s healed, it always splits open again. If telling the world is the price I pay to keep fighting, I’m willing to pay it.” – Atty Yoon
“I should have finished him off back then.” – Atty Yoon
Episode 6
“As expected, your scales of justice have never tipped in favor of those without money and power.” – CEO Kang
“That’s my definition of justice. The winning side.” – CEO Song
“But what a shame. Because there’s no way I’ll ever forgive you. The one who hasn’t fully paid for their sins is you.” – Atty Yoon
“It’s funny, isn’t it? When people want more money or more power, no one asks them why. But why do we need a reason to make the world a better place?” – CEO Baek Tae Ju
“I’m not going to ask and I’m not going to listen. I don’t want to know what happened or what you’re planning to do. Don’t say a single word. I’ll figure this out and make my own decision. I have the right to ask for that much, don’t I?” – Detective Seon Kyu
Episode 7
“If I still can’t bring myself to forgive them, does that mean something’s wrong with me?” – Han Min Seo
“Sometimes, forgiveness isn’t the right answer.” – Atty Yoon
“Even if the wound never fully heals, you’ll find that even with your scars, you can still keep moving forward.” – Atty Yoon
“It’s one thing to make mistakes, hurt people and do wrong. But you have to clean up your own mess.” – CEO Kang
“It’s my life, isn’t it? I’m the one in the driver’s seat now, mom.” – CEO Kang
“The calm before the storm? Or are we in the eye of the storm? Does that scare you?” – CEO Baek
“I’ve been knocked down more times than I can count. And I’ve come back fighting every single time. I’m going to see this through to the end. Whatever storm comes, I’ll fight my way through it.” – CEO Kang
“If it’s a bad dream, let’s keep dreaming it together. We’ll be right there with you. In this nightmare.” – CEO Kang
Episode 8
“The one thing I know is that I’m going to watch you crumble with my very own eyes.” – Atty Yoon
“You were right. You broke me. But that doesn’t mean you beat me. I think I’ve changed. I wonder if the world has, too.” – Atty Yoon
“Rather than dwelling on the past, I’d rather take a single step forward. But I think I would’ve regretted it if I hadn’t taken your hand.” – CEO Kang
“Whatever the outcome, we’ll face it together.” – CEO Kang
“People will make some noise for awhile. But they forget all about it if it doesn’t concern them.” – Prosecutor Park
“The arrow’s already been fired. Someone has to take the hit. I trust you’re not foolish enough to make an enemy of all of us. It’s a shame you’re taking the fall, not LnJ.” – Atty Kwon
“Most people have a hard time coming in for the first time. It’s only a few steps, but crossing that threshold can sometimes take all the courage a person has.” – Atty Yoon
“To protect every one of you, we will do everything in our power.” – Atty Yoon
Episode 9
“We won’t rest until everyone involved in this crime is brought to justice.” – Atty Yoon
“You need to decide where you stand. If you’re here to threaten me, then stop being so pathetic. And if you’re here to ask for my help, then you need to drop the attitude.” – CEO Song
“Who would’ve thought my own mother would be pushing me to the edge?” – CEO Kang
“The safest way to dispose of a bomb that’s served its purpose is to just go ahead and pull the pin.” – CEO Baek Tae Ju
“The pests take the bait without ever knowing it’s a trap.” – CEO Baek Tae Ju
Episode 10
“I won’t say rest in peace. Because I know you’re in the fiery pit anyway.” – Han Min Seo
“To the devils who used me like a thing and framed all over me, to the monsters who left me these scars that will never heal, and to the people who abandoned me and forced me into this life. You have the right to judge them, don’t you?” – CEO Baek Tae Ju
“If you were going to feel this guilty, why did you have the nerve to do it in the first place?” – CEO Song
“What a funny world. Nobody cares about the truth. They just want to believe their version of the truth. It will be the same in court.” – CEO Song
“We’ve taught the public to be powerless. If we have a shield, that’s it. They’ll get mad and rage for awhile, but they’ll forget about it soon enough. Because they learned that no matter what they do, nothing changes.” – CEO Song
“I didn’t abandon you. I wanted to protect you from me, from my past. I just wanted to keep you safe. I hoped you’d never know anything. I wanted you to live completely removed from my past.” – Atty Yoon
“It’s too late for that now. Because I’ve already settled the score.” – Han Min Seo
“I think I was wrong. I only fought battles I knew I could win and thought I was changing the world. I was just hiding under someone’s wing, but I thought I was the one in charge.” – CEO Kang
“I’m going to take your advice and start acting like an adult. Weighing what I stand to gain and lose with every step I take.” – CEO Kang
“If saving Ra Young is the price, then fine. I’ll go to the fiery pit. Gladly.” – CEO Kang
Episode 11
“When something happens to someone you love, your whole world comes crashing down. That vow, that resolve to make the world a different place. You know that as well as I do.” – CEO Baek
“In my heart, I think this was always going to be our final chapter. The moment we could finally put the past behind us.” – CEO Kang
“It isn’t a coincidence. It was inevitable.” – CEO Kang
“Your attorney’s pin was as cool as a sheriff’s badge to me. But as I grew up, I realised that your badge didn’t protect the powerless and the wronged, but those who just wanted to have more.” – CEO Kang
“How long will you see the world through rose-coloured glasses? That’s not how it is. The ground beneath your feet is a minefield, and to survive, you have to use every trick in the book just to take a single step forward.” – CEO Song
“Maybe the world is a minefield. Unreasonable and absurd. But even so, I wanted to plant flowers in that minefield. Using every means at my disposal.” – CEO Kang
“And so, in the end, I found no other answer than to sacrifice myself. Because other than to jump into the fire, I had no other path.” – CEO Kang
“I never would have imagined that I would lose you like this.” – Atty Yoon
“No matter how much you may hate me or whatever you may have done, know that I’m here for you, and that I’m not going anywhere.” – Atty Yoon
Episode 12
“No matter what kind of paradise you think you’re protecting, the moment you dragged other people into your fiery pit, you just became another monster.” – CEO Kang
“The system you created. I wonder how it would assess your threat level. Because right now, in this hall, in this very city, the most dangerous person is you, CEO Baek.” – Atty Yoon
“I still haven’t been able to forgive anything. I don’t understand why I had to go through all of this.” – Han Min Seo
“But if this is the end, it would feel so terribly unfair. After all the hating and the loathing and the pain, I want to see what’s on the other side. So until the end, can you wait for me here?” – Han Min Seo
“You’re not broken. We’ve just had to go through a deeper and darker tunnel than most people. That’s all. The important thing is that, despite everything, we’re here and we survived.” – Atty Yoon
“Justice is expensive. Like a supercar. At first glance, it’s flashy and looks cool, and you might feel great behind the wheel, but it costs you an absurd amount to get to the same destination.” – Atty Kwon
“I like that it’s expensive. If it were something cheap and easy to get, what would be the point of fighting for it?” – CEO Kang
“I don’t care if I have to be awful, selfish, and cruel. Just please don’t leave me.” – Atty Hwang
“You can be even more selfish, even meaner. And if you’re still upset after all that, that’s okay too. I’ll just be here again next week, waiting for you.” – Atty Yoon
“I once couldn’t bring myself to tell someone to keep on living. When faced with the pain they had to endure everyday, how irresponsible those words would have sounded.” – Atty Yoon
“In the end, I survived. And now, for those of you listening to my voice, I truly hope that you will keep on living. It’s not because the pain will suddenly stop one day, or because of some miracle that will wash your scars away.” – Atty Yoon
“We can never get back the things we’ve lost, and sometimes we must bear the weight of our lives all by ourselves. But despite all that, as long as you are alive, please remember that you will always be the victor.” – Atty Yoon
“As long as you are still breathing, the malice of those wanting you harmed will have failed forever. And so, for us who live on with our scars, every moment of everyday is brilliant and honourable.” – Atty Yoon
Genre: Legal, Mystery, Thriller
Synopsis: Three female lawyers fight against a huge scandal that has resurfaced after two decades, protecting their honor until the end.
No. of episodes: 12
Cast: Lee Na Young, Jung Eun Chae, Lee Chung Ah
Screenwriter: Park Ga Yeon
Director: Park Gunho
Network: ENA, Genie TV
Streaming platform: VIU
Date: February 2, 2026
English Subtitle Translation: VIU
Images: ENA
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