1 Grades aren’t important. Being healthy and safe is. -Nam So-ju
Nam So-Ju was On-Ju’s father and extremely understanding. He didn’t care that his daughter couldn’t get good grades. All that he cared about was her well-being and health.
2 Humanity has never once defeated a virus. -Lee Byeong-chan
This one line foreshadows all that is to come later in the show. Lee Byeong-Chan talks about how dangerous one simple virus can be to humanity. Considering the current circumstances, he isn’t wrong.
3 Who cares if everyone dies. This world and those bastards. -Lee Byeong-chan
After witnessing his son being bullied by his classmates and almost losing him to suicide, Lee Byeong-Chan had started hating the world for all the violence in it. It is this resentment that acts as a catalyst for his experiments and leads to the events in the show.
4 There are still people who like you. You have to live for them. – Lee Cheong-san
On-Ju had lost all hope after watching her friends die right in front of her. She felt like she couldn’t go on and wanted to die. Cheong-San tries to comfort her by reminding her that there are still people who care about her and she should live for them.
5 Could you let your child just die? No parent in the world could do that. -Lee Byeong-chan
Lee Byeong-Chan had grown tired of seeing his son being bullied and almost killed due to it. He wanted his son to change and hence, he started experimenting on his son, to make him stronger. Things took a dark turn as he accidentally created a virus that turned people into zombies.
6 The fact that we’re alive means we’re lucky. -Ms Park
The Jonas virus outbreak had turned almost everyone in Hyosan High School into zombies. Considering that they were in the midst of such an event, the few remaining students were lucky enough to be alive.
7 If you cause someone else to die, living becomes meaningless. -Ms. Park
After Na-yeon caused the death of one of the students, Ms. Park was heartbroken that one of her own students did that. She tells them how important human life is and putting another person in danger just makes one’s life meaningless.
8 Do you know when it is the hardest for us? Right now. Because we have to save the most people, not the people most precious to us. -Park Eun-hee
Park Eun-hee is a politician who has to deal with the virus outbreak in the city. Being an assembly member, she was responsible for the lives of many and had to think about their safety first.
9 The strong are ripping apart the weak. It happens all the time. -Lee Byeong-chan
Byeong-chan was quite cold and insensitive about the mess that he had made. As he saw it, the virus was just stronger than humans and it was all natural selection.
10 We live in a system of violence. A nobody like me, can’t change the system. -Lee Byeong-chan
Byeong-Chan had grown tired of the society he lived in, especially after what happened to his son. The system was rigged with violence and a common man like him couldn’t change it, even if he wanted to.
11 I warned you countless times that ignoring minor violence would result in violence taking over the world. -Lee Byeong-chan
Violence never starts off big. It is always the minor violences that often grows into big ones. If these minor violences go overlooked, soon, violence would take over the world.
12 The standards of being human emasculate human nature. How are we different from a dog whose instincts to run and bark are stripped? -Lee Byeong-chan
Byeong-chan saw humans as beings whose natural instincts had been suppressed by the constructs of morality and ethics. He believed that it stripped us of our actual human nature.
13 They say when people confirm their situation is hopeless, they truly fall into despair. -Choi Nam-ra
When people are faced with an overwhelming situation and they cannot find any hope to hold on to, they fall into despair. The few surviving students were desperate now and with time running out for them, they had no hope left.
14 Being logical is not necessarily being human. -Nam On-jo
Logic doesn’t always have to be the best choice. Sometimes, what one needs is empathy and compassion.
15 In the past there were too many lives I couldn’t save because of the protocols. -Nam So-ju
Nam So-ju was desperate to save his daughter. Being a fireman, he was bound by rules yet, he decided his daughter was more important. All the protocols ever did for him was stop him from saving lives before.
16 When kids die, you lose hope. When adults die, you lose their wisdom.-Oh Joon Yeong
This exchange comes when Nam-ra talks about how in different countries the death of children and those of the old are valued differently. In some countries, the death of children is worse because when they die, we lose hope and in other countries, the death of the old is worse and we lose the wisdom that they held.
17 Even if the entire world has turned into zombies, let’s not despair.-Choi Nam-ra
Even when the entire gang is full of despair and hopelessness, it is Nam-ra who gives them hope. She asks the students to hold on to what little hope they have and not go into despair even if the rest of the world has turned into zombies.
18 I have nowhere to go and no one waiting for me. No one to scold me or praise me. Do you know how that feels? -Kim Ji-Min
Ji Min had seen her parents turn into zombies. She felt like she had no one to go back to after what happened to her parents. She wanted to end her life and no one could relate to her.
19 You know you never called me by my name before? You always call me “Prez.” -Choi Nam-Ra
Su-Hyeok never called Nam-Ra by name. She was surprised when he did so. And it was this moment that revealed how much Su-Hyeok cared for her, despite her being a zombie.
20 You always put up a wall. You always wore earphones and never said a word. Wasn’t it because you didn’t like us? -Choi Nam-Ra
Nam-Ra never talked to any of her classmates. She always had her earphones and never talked too much. All of the rest of her classmates thought that she didn’t like any of them.
21 I was too scared to make friends too. -Choi Nam-Ra
Nam-Ra had always been afraid that her grades would drop if she made friends. She was afraid of her mother and never hung out with anyone. It was the first time that she’d had a bonfire with her friends.
22 When it rains, you use the rain. When it’s windy, you use the wind. That’s politics. -Park Eun Hee
Eun Hee was an excellent politician who knew how to use circumstances to her own advantage. She was smart enough to use the zombie apocalypse as a PR strategy and help her get votes.
23 Don’t calculate how many we’ll kill. Think only about how many we’ll save. -Jin Seon Mu
Seon Mu was the military commander who was bold enough to take risks. He wasn’t afraid to kill hundreds to save thousands.
24 Don’t die a meaningless death. If we run now, we can all live. We have enough time. -Choi Nam Ra
Nam-Ra didn’t want her friends to die. She wanted them to live even if it meant abandoning her for the monster she had become.
25 Living life to the fullest in honour of the person who died… It’s too selfish. You can’t die even if you want to. You lack the courage to live, but you can’t die. -Nam On Jo
Nam On Jo had seen her father tand friends die. Everyone asked her to live her life for all those who sacrificed themselves for her. But living her life in the memory of those who died for her seemed too selfish of an act. She wanted to die but couldn’t anymore.
25 Best Quotes From Netflix’s All Of Us Are Dead
1. Grades aren’t important. Being healthy and safe is. -Nam So-ju
2. Humanity has never once defeated a virus. -Lee Byeong-chan
3. Who cares if everyone dies. This world and those bastards. -Lee Byeong-chan
4. There are still people who like you. You have to live for them. – Lee Cheong-san
5. Could you let your child just die? No parent in the world could do that. -Lee Byeong-chan
6. The fact that we’re alive means we’re lucky. -Ms Park
7. If you cause someone else to die, living becomes meaningless. -Ms. Park
8. Do you know when it is the hardest for us? Right now. Because we have to save the most people, not the people most precious to us. -Park Eun-hee
9. The strong are ripping apart the weak. It happens all the time. -Lee Byeong-chan
10. We live in a system of violence. A nobody like me, can’t change the system. -Lee Byeong-chan
11. I warned you countless times that ignoring minor violence would result in violence taking over the world. -Lee Byeong-chan
12. The standards of being human emasculate human nature. How are we different from a dog whose instincts to run and bark are stripped? -Lee Byeong-chan
13. They say when people confirm their situation is hopeless, they truly fall into despair. -Choi Nam-ra
14. Being logical is not necessarily being human. -Nam On-jo
15. In the past there were too many lives I couldn’t save because of the protocols. -Nam So-ju
16. When kids die, you lose hope. When adults die, you lose their wisdom.-Oh Joon Yeong
17. Even if the entire world has turned into zombies, let’s not despair.-Choi Nam-ra
18. I have nowhere to go and no one waiting for me. No one to scold me or praise me. Do you know how that feels? -Kim Ji-Min
19. You know you never called me by my name before? You always call me “Prez.” -Choi Nam-Ra
20. You always put up a wall. You always wore earphones and never said a word. Wasn’t it because you didn’t like us? -Choi Nam-Ra
21. I was too scared to make friends too. -Choi Nam-Ra
22. When it rains, you use the rain. When it’s windy, you use the wind. That’s politics. -Park Eun Hee
23. Don’t calculate how many we’ll kill. Think only about how many we’ll save. -Jin Seon Mu
24. Don’t die a meaningless death. If we run now, we can all live. We have enough time. -Choi Nam Ra
25. Living life to the fullest in honour of the person who died… It’s too selfish. You can’t die even if you want to. You lack the courage to live, but you can’t die. -Nam On Jo