Hearty Quotes

“Health is hearty, health is harmony, health is happiness.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“What Ed's family rely on are the heavy, hearty meals that are cheap to make but full of sustenance. Rich, golden yakisoba, often more noodles than meat. Yolky omurice filled to bursting with fried rice, the copious carbohydrates leaving his belly stretched. Or even donburi, thrown together using whatever leftovers they have at the end of the week, Ed's favorite being pork cutlet, the chewy fat sliding down to rest in his gut before bed.”
― Callie Kazumi, Greedy

“Tucked into an improbable space between bent metal and a mound of snow sat a small plant. It was audaciously green amongst all that gray.
The leaves were rounded and leathery and deep-lobed. There was a tiny bud at the end of the short stem. Although it hadn't yet bloomed, I could see what it was, what it might become.
This was a winter rose.
The name is a misnomer as it isn't actually a rose. The technical name is Helleborus niger. It comes from the Greek bora, meaning "food" and helein, meaning "destroys." It's food that destroys you.
Poison.
Yet I'd never thought of winter roses that way, not as dangerous but as something to be admired. Winter roses are some of Nature's heartiest plants. They can survive frost and wind. They can withstand scorching heat and rain and drought. They're natural wonders. Yet for all of their strength, they aren't indestructible.”
― Jennifer Herrera, Siren Says