" Wouldn't you agree that we've each made it this far precisely because each of us has pursued our own goals? Those around us are continually pressing forward, growing, learning and moving onward. Doesn't that in and of itself give us the courage to take that first step ourselves?"
"Excuse me? You dare give your opinion to the Dean of the Totsuki Institute? You, a lowly servant of the Nakiri Family?!"
"No! I-I'm not just a... a...
I... I'm..."
Come here with me!
"I'm not just Miss Erina's aide...
I'm also her friend!"
"Hisako!"
"KYAAAA!"
"Secretary Girl!"
"Father, Hisako is correct.
Chefs who hold different views, different values, and who cook with different goals than I do...
it was only because of my interactions with them that I could create this dish.
Meeting those you call "contaminated," Father...
... is what transformed everything.
They are the greatest spice cooking has to offer me. "

― , 食戟のソーマ 30 [Shokugeki no Souma 30] (Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma, #30)