" The Latin poet wrote ‘Amor vincit omnia,’ or ‘Love conquers all.’ He did not write, ‘Love frees all’ or ‘liberates’ all, and therein lies the first degree of our flagrant misunderstanding. Conquer: to defeat, subjugate, massacre, cream, make mincemeat out of. Surely, "

― Marisha Pessl , Special Topics in Calamity Physics