More About Young-Mi

Her goals and ambitions…

“I’m too smart to just do make-up. I’m too pretty to just study.”

     – Young-Mi to Cho-Jeh, Episode 02

“OK, I’m saying it again. I’ve never loved you. I only love my goal.”

     – Young-Mi to Woo-Jin, Episode 13

“It’s meaningless to be the best announcer in the world. There’s someone who has had everything from birth. I will get what she has.”

     – Young-Mi to Woo-Jin, Episode 13

“I want to become the best anchor for the 9 o’clock news.”

     – Young-Mi in response to a question on Rival Talk about her future plans, Episode 18

“Oppa, I truly loved you. I left your side because of my greed. You know that. … You know how I lived, and how hungry I was and how much I starved … I left you for success. You know I had nothing. … I was sad for myself too. I really loved you.”

     – Young-Mi to Woo-Jin, Episode 17

Her philosophy of life and love…

“My mom abandoned me when I was young and my father was a drunkard.  I hated my parents and I wanted to destroy this world.”

     – Young-Mi to Hyung-Chul, Episode 14

“I say this knowingly … Love isn’t a matter of right and wrong. It’s a matter of “is” or “isn’t”. Isn’t that right?”

     – Young-Mi to Hyung-Chul, Episode 12

“If there’s someone you love, isn’t it foolish not to hold onto him? It’s hard to meet someone like that. Even if it were someone else’s meal, I’d take it.”

     – Young-Mi, responding to a question about competing for love, Episode 18

How rival Sun-Mi views her…

“Hey, what do you think about Young-Mi? Do you think she’s attractive? … She’s not as pretty as me, but she surely hs her own style.”

     – Sun-Mi to Woo-Jin, Episode 01

“You’re always like that. You only think about yourself. Nobody could relate to you during your broadcast. You blame it on being unlucky. You’re a coward.”

     – Sun-Mi to Young-Mi, Episode 05

“When I’m with you I can’t dislike Young-Mi. She must envy me so much. She must be so jealous.”

     – Sun-Mi to her father, Episode 07

“Young-Mi? She’s some sort of a queen among us.”

     – Sun-Mi to Hyung-Chul, Episode 10

“I didn’t understand you either … You want everything, but you don’t know how to value what you have. I didn’t understand. … I also envied you.”

     – Sun-Mi to Young-Mi, Episode 19

“Pretty … Smart … Full of pride … You were so good that everyone was jealous. That’s why Woo-Jin loved you so much. …  You were my best friend.”

     – Sun-Mi to Young-Mi, Episode 20

What other characters think of her…

“When I look at you, I can smell weeds that grew without any sunlight. The stench is terrible, but you’re pretty. Men can’t see it, but a woman can.”

     – Ms. Song to Young-Mi, Episode 05

“I thought I knew all about her. … But just when I thought she was mine, she became a totally different person, someone I never knew.”

     – Woo-Jin to Sun-Mi, Episode 11

“She has a lot of ambition, too. … if I asked her to choose between me and her ambitions, she’s the type who’d choose her work.”

     – Woo-Jin to Hyung-Chul, Episode 09

“Young-Mi, she’s different. You know, I still don’t know what her real face looks like. When I think of her, I can’t remember her face. Maybe she puts on too many faces?”

     – Sun-Dal to Joo-Hee, Episode 15

“I know that they call her “Little Joo-Hee”. That means I was just like her then.”

     –Joo-Hee to Sun-Dal, Episode 15

“... I’m not an idiot. I know you’re lying to the people around me. And what you do for Joo-Hee is … But still, you’re already mine now. I ignored my mom and Sun-Mi just to be with you. I chose you and I abandoned those I loved. I can’t. I can’t break up with you. Never!”

    – Woo-Jin to Young-Mi, Episode 10

“It doesn’t matter what you did and were before, I forgave you. So now, forgive yourself. Also, no matter what happens, stop hating yourself. I wish you would love yourself more … I love you so much … I wish you’d treat yourself better since you’re so precious to me. I love you, Young-Mi. Forever.”

    – Woo-Jin (on video) to Young-Mi, Episode 19

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