Memorable Moments in Episodes 13-16
‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’ has captivated audiences with its heartfelt narrative and relatable characters. The series reaches a crescendo in episodes 13 to 16, showcasing profound moments that resonate deeply with viewers.
Episode 13
“Not knowing who might come back or come anew, my heart pounded and my feet felt like they were floating.” – Geum Myeong
“Evoking unexpectedly deep affection despite being two generations apart, an endearing monster has come the world.” – Geum Myeong
“You have to open the faucet fully to fill the bucket up. You get nowhere in life trying to mend every leaking hole.” – Eun Myeong
“I won’t be the dad who orders pork belly for three when my family sets out. I’ll be the dad who orders five or six servings.” – Eun Myeong
“When one door closes, another is bound to creak open.” – Geum Myeong
“You need countless lifetimes of fate to meet even once in this life, so the third time should be the charm. If even the third time fails, you must wait for the next life.” – Geum Myeong
“Only then did he realize. You only get three chances. If no one scores in extra time, it will go to a penalty shootout.” – Geum Myeong
“I couldn’t let you slip away, even if it meant losing my breath.” – Park Cheong Seop
“You look totally different now. I guess you’re not Picasso anymore.” – Geum Myeong
“You sound just like my dad.” – Geum Myeong
“Toto and I shared the same sense of humor. In a grown-up world where we learned to fake smiles, it was an incredible booster.” – Geum Myeong
“It’s harder to laugh together everyday than it is to kiss everyday. That’s why we’re a good match.” – Geum Myeong
“I put in effort all season long, thinking of giving them to you. I made these, looking at them everyday, just like gazing at lovely Geum-myeong. That’s how fond I am of Geum-myeong.” – Chungseop’s mom
“Let her go now. Your uneven love.” – Oh Ae Sun
“Just like that, I leapt from the nest. Like a bluebird soaring above a bare mountain, fluttering with excitement and brimming with confidence.” – Geum Myeong
“Does everyone marry their most passionate love? The size of the love wasn’t different. It’s temperature was. It was the temperature that let me be myself. I’ve found my prince.” – Geum Myeong
“If things go wrong, back down. Just run straight to me, okay?” – Yang Gwan Sik
“Then go for now, and if you don’t like it, back down. Just run straight home, okay? I’ll be at home.” – Yang Gwan Sik
“You don’t have to come first. Back down if you want. If you fall, just run straight to me. I’ll be right behind you tomorrow. Okay?” – Yang Gwan Sik
“Everytime I walked the tightrope, my dad stood there holding the net, ‘I’ll be there even if you fall’. I wish I had told him how comforting his words were at least once.” – Geum Myeong
“While he was standing there, it seemed the snow fell only on my dad. Amid my dad’s winter, I grew into lush green. Feeding on their verdant youth, I became a tree.” – Geum Myeong
“The daughter’s respectable life felt like a medal to her mother, so she kept smiling.” – Geum Myeong
“Dad told me back then that he had been living in heaven since the day I was born.” – Geum Myeong
“Do you have any idea what you’re taking from me? I am giving you my heaven.” – Yang Gwan Sik
“Life never allows us to truly savor these moments. Happiness comes right at you. Misfortune always creeps up from behind.” – Geum Myeong
Episode 14
“Carelessly-spoken dry words made Eun-myeong grow up hungry.” – Geum Myeong
“Favoritism is really unfair. It’s better not to love at all. Giving less love is so unfair. It stops a child from growing.” – Eun Myeong
“To be honest, what I fear the most is that I might hurt them because I don’t know how to be a mom. That scares me the most.” – Oh Ae Sun
“This tiny thing is coming into the world, trusting only me. I can’t scar the baby’s life.” – Oh Ae Sun
“Do you know what I envy most about my sister-in-law? Having a father like hers. With my fate, even if I were reborn, I could never have a dad like hers. She has a heart like a fancy car with a big engine. But your daughter’s not even worth a wagon.” – Hyeon Suk
“Respect, gratitude, and affection for one’s parents. Even ten billion wouldn’t be enough to buy these things. No money can pull out the peg you drive into your child’s heart.” – Park Yeong Ran
“The ship you treasure more than your own child got its price tag right after it was made, right? But a person’s worth is only determined after they die. Starting tonight, you can spend sleepless nights in fear of how much your life will truly be worth.” – Park Yeong Ran
“Parents bear the burden of their kids.” – Woman
“When it’s around, it’s annoying. When it’s not, I’m curious. When I tease it, it’s fine. When others do, I get mad. With eyes open, I pretend not to see. With eyes closed, its image comes to me. Unnoticed, like the sea I see everyday. Yet without it, I’m alone in the vast world. Like candy hidden in my mouth, its sweetness overflows all around. Is this it? Is that why my hearts stays in spring everyday?” – Oh Ae Sun
“We sold it because you’re our number one.” – Oh Ae Sun
“A child may abandon sick parents, but not the other way around.” – Geum Myeong
“A bucket that’s always filled to the brim, no matter how many leaking holes it has. That’s something Eun-myeong already had.” – Geum Myeong
“Without you, I’d truly be an orphan with no one in this world.” – Oh Ae Sun
“Why are you aging on the outside but not on the inside? How come your heart never changes? It’s so annoying.” – Oh Ae Sun
“Its not easy to live with strangers after eating your mom’s cooking for 20 years, is it?” – Yang Gwan Sik
“A grown-up? I’m not done raising you yet.” – Yang Gwan Sik
“Perhaps there are no grown-ups. It seems like everyone is a kid.” – Geum Myeong
“I’ll make you pork cutlets everyday.” – Oh Ae Sun
“I’m hiring you because you’re the son of a premium horse. At races, premium races can cost millions. But their offspring are even more expensive. They’re worth millions without racing.” – Businessman
“Cows, horses, and people all have different tiers. People look down on a diligent person for being old-fashioned these days. But your father’s level of diligence is something that no one should dare to look down on.” – Businessman
“Will you swept by the waves? Or will you ride the waves? That was up to the runner.” – Oh Ae Sun
“When one door closes, another is bound to creak open. A first page as white as freshly fallen snow unfolds.” – Geum Myeong
Episode 15
“What’s there to worry about? She has her Steelheart daddy.” – Oh Ae Sun
“Is raising kids just for when you’re sick?” – Geum Myeong
“You know, you totally crushed me. Even a person’s heart can die from being worn down endlessly.” – Park Yeong Ran
“You were a frigid ice queen. I thought I’d freeze to death next to you.” – Bu Sang Gil
“Old sayings are all lies. They say money isn’t everything. Of course it is.” – Yang Gwan Sik
“Even if I went back 30 years, I wouldn’t hesitate to run away with you.” – Oh Ae Sun
“I’m the older sister, the eldest child, the damn pillar of the family. You raised me for that, didn’t you?” – Geum Myeong
“Parents who live everyday without catching a break, constantly struggling and putting all their hopes on me. Do you know how heavy that feels?” – Geum Myeong
“When the young branch sprouted a new shoot, the entire tree trembled in silence.” – Geum Myeong
“I left my mom’s home, got married, and became a mom myself. The farther she was, the brighter she glowed in my heart. Only a mother could do that.” – Geum Myeong
“Time turned all things in our sight into a watercolor. It blurred spite and softened people’s hearts.” – Geum Myeong
“Eight dwarfs began gathering in an abandoned building in the forest. And at last the bells began to dance in the heart of the forest.” – Geum Myeong
Episode 16
“If everyday were like this, I’d want to live for thousands of years.” – Oh Ae Sun
“The real deal always sells better when it’s next to a knockoff.” – Oh Ae Sun
“I only had eyes for my child, and mom only had eyes for me.” – Geum Myeong
“The person you take most for granted in the world is the person who’s the most precious to me.” – Oh Ae Sun
“You have a daughter just like you.” – Oh Ae Sun
“You should always take the drumsticks and do whatever you want in life. You need to live your life so you don’t grow resentful. If you keep doubting whether it’s worth it and wondering if this is right, even your kid can tell.” – Oh Ae Sun
“One day, you’ll be a background figure in your child’s life anyway. So just do more of what you want to do.” – Oh Ae Sun
“Who becomes a mother overnight? Your child will grow, and so will you.” – Oh Ae Sun
“You love flowers so much, yet you’re only looking at my feet.” – Yang Gwan Sik
“Don’t let me grow old feeling alone.” – Oh Ae Sun
“I may be his number one, but you’re his number zero. To dad, you’re like the One Ring from the Lord of the Rings. Mess with you and they’re dead meat.” – Geum Myeong
“You made me feel like I caught a whale in a tiny boat.” – Yang Gwan Sik
“To me, your mom means the world.” – Yang Gwan Sik
“I had a loving dad. But my dad didn’t have a loving daughter.” – Geum Myeong
“We took dad for granted as though we owned him forever.” – Geum Myeong
“To us, dad was the sea. We all relied on him to live.” – Geum Myeong
“In our next life, I’ll keep five, no, ten promises. Will you be with me again in the next life?” – Yang Gwan Sik
“Thanks to you I was never lonely for a day. Not even for a day. Where could you ever find a life like this?” – Oh Ae Sun
“What I want to see in my final moments is your smile. Thanks to your smile, my entire life has been filled with joy.” – Yang Gwan Sik
“There was a girl in the boy’s life. All his life, the boy kept the girl’s world safe.” – Geum Myeong
“It was more than perfect. It was so wonderful that I couldn’t have asked for more.” – Oh Ae Sun
“Dad’s uneven love had just ended, while mine was only beginning.” – Geum Myeong
“Others live to be 90 or even 100, so what was the hurry? Were you born again in this wonderful world? I hope you get to sit at that desk you’ve always wanted and live like a boss.” – Oh Ae Sun
“Getting old is nothing special. Was there much of a difference for you between your thirties and forties? It’s all the same. You feel the same on the inside, but when you look in the mirror, you see an old woman. That’s all aging is.” – Oh Ae Sun
“Even when you’re old, you want to have a place in the world. I’d hate being treated like an extra even more.” – Oh Ae Sun
“In life, you never know what will happen unless you go for it. It would’ve been a shame if I’d given up halfway through it. I’m so glad I lived through it.” – Oh Ae Sun
“I thought life went from spring to summer, fall, and then winter, but I was wrong. It sometimes feels like winter, sometimes like spring. I’ve had myriad spring days. I’ve had many sparkling moments. I’ve had so many. ” – Oh Ae Sun
“To my love, from the age of nine until now, thanks to you, my life has been spring every day. Until the spring we meet again, I’ll live as though every day is spring.” – Oh Ae Sun
“To their seasons, once so young and still so tender, with remorse, gratitude, and the deepest respect. Here’s to all you’ve been through.” – Geum Myeong
