Chapter 1. The Boy Who Fed on Nightmares
In all my fairy tales, the witch is always the one that's pretty. Who told you all princesses are kind and pretty? - Ko Mun Yeong

She hates everyone apart from herself. - Lee Sang In

Who cares about destiny? If someone shows up when you need them, you call that destiny. - Ko Mun Yeong

My father's soul is dead, but he's physically alive like a zombie. - Ko Mun Yeong

Hurtful, painful memories, memories of deep regret, memories of hurting others and being hurt, memories of being abandoned, only those with such memories buried in their hearts can become stronger, more passionate, and emotionally flexible. And only those can attain happiness. So don't forget any of it. Remember it all and overcome it. If you don't overcome it, you'll always be a kid whose soul never grows.

You remind me of someone I used to know. Someone who's messed up and has no conscience. A woman whose eyes completely lacked warmth. - Moon Gang Tae

Chapter 2. The Lady in Red Shoes
He never builds deep relationships. He'll leave eventually anyway so he thinks it's pointless to build a relationship that will last only a year. - Jo Jae Su

I want you to be my safety pin. Keep me under control so I won't explode. - Ko Mun Yeong

There's something we always say to patients who recover. "Hope I never see you again." - Moon Gang Tae

You're not avoiding me. You're just running away because you're scared. Coward. - Ko Mun Yeong

I thought I was on the run because of my brother, the butterflies and all. I thought we were being chased by something that doesn't even exist. But today, for the first time, I suddenly thought maybe I was just running away because I wanted to. You see, when life is unbearably hard the easiest way out is to run. - Moon Gang Tae

Some things can't be torn apart no matter how hard you try to do so.

Chapter 3. Sleeping Witch
How can you define a relationship in just one word? Every encounter we've had was awfully dramatic, being an inch away from death. Every moment we crossed paths, we surprised each other. If such coincidences, one after another, somehow led us here, how would you define our relationship? It'd be such a cliche to say that we're destined for each other. - Ko Mun Yeong

A fairy tale is a cruel fantasy that illustrates the brutality and violence of this world in a paradoxical manner. It isn't a hallucinogen that gives us hope and dreams. It's a stimulant that makes us face reality. So I hope you read a lot of fairy tales and wake up from your dreams. - Ko Mun Yeong

Don't look up at the stars on the beautiful night sky. Look down at your feet that are stuck in a filthy sewer. The moment you realize that and accept your reality, everybody be happy. - Ko Mun Yeong

To an autistic person, family members are like close strangers. - Moon Sang Tae

Chapter 4. Zombie Kid
Do children have to be useful to their parents? - Moon Gang Tae

Chapter 5. Rapunzel and the Cursed Castle
You're not the zombie kid either. The kid who had no emotions. All he had was the desire to eat. But what do you think he really wanted, satiating his hunger r feeling someone's warmth? Warmth—this is what he truly wanted. He didn't want to be just fed. - Moon Gang Tae

Your lies carry a sense of sincerity. It makes me want to believe them. - Ko Mun Yeong

Sang Tae is always looking at my face. He studies my face to figure out my mood. Even when I'm in unbearable pain and extremely devastated, my brother believes that I'm happy if I force myself to smile. All I care about is what my brother thinks. It's fine even if it's fake. Putting on a smile isn't so hard to do. - Moon Gang Tae

Is everything yours once you set your eyes on it? If you can't make it yours, you would even destroy it to get your hands on it. Then you'd play with it a little and toss it out when you get tired of it. You call that love? That's just obsession and greed. - Nam Ju Ri

Don't bother wasting your emotions on me. I don't deserve any of that. - Moon Gang Tae

Thank you for saving me that day at the frozen river. I'm sorry for running away when I was the one who liked you first. I regretted it the moment I turned away. - Moon Gang Tae

I'm done with being someone who is needed by others. - Moon Gang Tae

Chapter 6. Bluebeard's Secret
Sang Tae: Why were the villagers afraid of Bluebeard?
Gang Tae: Because he was different from them.
Sang Tae: Is being different something to be afraid of?

He will eventually find his true love who isn't afraid of his blue beard and tells him that it's okay to be different, someone who understands him for who he is. - Moon Gang Tae

Chapter 7. The Cheerful Dog
Your body is honest. When you're in physical pain, you cry. But the heart is a liar. It stays quiet even when it's hurting. Then when you're asleep you finally weep and whimper like a dog. - Moon Sang Tae

If you want to be fashionable, you must be uncomfortable and stubborn. - Ko Mun Yeong

"Get lost." Do you know how many times you've said that to me? Even last night and that day too. But last night, it sounded like you were begging me not to leave. Last time I ran away, but today I thought I should stay with you. - Moon Gang Tae

Chapter 8. Beauty and the Beast
I think that's why we're meant to be. You're patient and I'm volatile. Like a bomb and its safety pin, we go hand in hand. We're meant to be together. - Ko Mun Yeong

Chapter 9. The King Has Donkey Ears
I feel like you're taming me. - Ko Mun Yeong

I keep doing things I wouldn't normally do because of you. - Moon Gang Tae

He doesn't have anything to offer. I must've thought I could be the one to fill up his empty life. - Nam Ju Ri

She has the face of an angel, but there lives a demon inside. - Ko Dae Hwan

Do you know the story called King Donkey Ears? If you keep a secret to yourself, you end up getting frustrated. You need to tell someone in order to relieve your stress. - Ko Mun Yeong

You rationality can never win against your desires. - Ko Mun Yeong

She's very lonely, but she doesn't want anyone to know that so she pushes people away. - Lee Sang In

I told you that I can no longer hold myself back. I guess I can't run away anymore. - Moon Gang Tae

Chapter 10. The Girl Who Cried Wolf
Dr. Oh: It's like you and your brother are running a three-legged race.
Gang Tae: Do you think we're both holding each other back?
Dr. Oh: You're both relying on each other. As long as one person stays strong when the other falls down, you guys will never fall down together.

I dreamed the impossible dream. I should've known my place. - Moon Gang Tae

Gang Tae: You were like a firecracker to me. A one-time event. I had my fun, so it's time for you to get out of my life.
Mun Yeong: I'm not a firecracker. I'm a bomb! I don't disappear once I explode. I blow up and kill everyone!

If you want to make the people around you happy, you must find your own happiness first. Being selfish isn't always a bad thing. Try to only think about your happiness when things are too stressful. - Nam Ju Ri

Sang In: Even the same color can take different names depending on its chroma. The same goes for human emotions such as affection, fondness, hatred, love, friendship, and lust. They are like a rainbow.
Mun Yeong: But when they're mixed together, they turn jet black.

Chapter 11. The Ugly Duckling
You're not taking me away from him. He now has one more person who will stay by his side. - Moon Gang Tae

I'm also trying hard to be an adult. - Moon Gang Tae

Chapter 12. Romeo and Juliet
In ancient Greek, the word butterfly is psyche. They were a symbol of cure. - Dr. Oh

Chapter 13. The Father of the Two Sisters
I don't care who it is. I will not forgive anyone who messes with my family. If it's taken away from me, I'll chase them down until I get it back. I will protect my family, no matter what. - Moon Gang Tae

Are all parents automatically forgiven for all the bad things they did before they die? - Ko Mun Yeong

The one who neglects and turns a blind eye to the abuse is worse than the abuser. - Ko Mun Yeong

Chapter 14. The Hand, The Monkfish
Adults can't always be right. We make mistakes until the day we die. - Kang Sun Deok

When I see you smile at me, I forget everything else. - Moon Gang Tae

It's always those who are weak that act all tough. - Jo Jae Su

Chapter 15. A Tale of Two Brothers
Give it up. That messed up ending you're dreaming of will never happen, because I will never give up on Mun Yeong. - Moon Gang Tae

The law of the total number of misfortunes: If their lives have been filled with misfortune up till now, it means only happiness awaits them. - Nam Ju Ri

We won't forget any of it. We'll overcome it. It's the only way we can become real adults whose souls can grow. - Moon Gang Tae

Stop pretending. Stop pretending like it doesn't hurt. Stop pretending like you're okay. You pretending to be okay and me seeing that masked face will make me walk on eggshells around you. It'll suffocate me. I'll be tormented. - Ko Mun Yeong

Being together torments you, but if you break up it'll be equally painful. If both options feel like death, wouldn't it be better to suffer together? The one that torments you can also be the one to save you. - Dr. Oh

Writing fairy tales is the only way Mun Yeong can communicate with the world. It's the only way she can talk and breathe. If she doesn't want to do that anymore, it means she's just going to die. - Lee Sang In

I'll keep trying. I'll do everything I can to overcome what happened and cope with it. So please, stop pushing me away. Let me stay by your side. - Moon Gang Tae

Chapter 16. Finding the Real Face
If you can't erase it, you just need to cover it with something better. - Ko Mun Yeong

You belong to yourself and I belong to myself. - Moon Sang Tae