Liz West

“Mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua ((What woman says to fond lover should be written on air or the swift water)”
― Catullus

“Ite, inflammate omnia.”
― Ignatius of Loyola

“Fire and water looked so lovely together. It was a pity they destroyed each other by nature.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic

“Cum mulieribus non est disputandum, as Cicero says.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter