Shiro Quotes

“... You did what none of us could do.”
“Only because the poison didn’t affect me the same way—”
“Does that matter? We couldn’t do it. You did. We saw what you looked like when you got out. How many times did you fall in order to batter your knees like that? But you kept going.”
“That makes me stubborn, not strong,” she mumbled.
“Strength comes in many forms...”
― Annette Marie, Dark Tempest

“Gay men! And it's incest! With the same face!”
― Bisco Hatori, Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 2

“What's the problem? We're traveling by teludav. So just count your hair follicles or fluff a pillow, or whatever you need to make sure we survive the wormhole trip in this reality!”
― Takashi Shirogane

“Japanese water is soft and its low mineral composition is better for making soup.
Miso soup sets me up for the day as surely as a bowl of porridge, though I have been known to take both. In Kanagawa or Kyoto, Okinawa or Sapporo, that soup may be made with dashi-- a delicate broth of smoked dried fish and seaweed-- and miso, a light (shiro) or red (aka) paste of fermented soybeans. Shiro miso has the color of thick heather honey or fudge, is lightly salty and makes for easy drinking. Aka miso is red-brown, more savory and umami-rich than the white, and makes, to my mind at least, a more soulful, almost melancholy broth.
Sometimes there are shreds of seaweed or a few tiny clams waiting at the bottom of your bowl, like treasure. Soup-- clear, aromatic and lightly salty-- is a gentle way to begin the day. I am lulled, sip by slow sip, back into the rhythm of life. I start my day in good heart.”
― Nigel Slater, A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy… A Memoir of Sorts