Both parties betray the people in state and local governments, serving the special interests. The police are getting confrontational and the military is becoming increasingly politicized.
La petite mort From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Little Death" redirects here. For other uses, see Little Death (disambiguation). For the film, see Little Deaths (film).
La petite mort, French for "the little death", is an idiom and euphemism for orgasm. This term has generally been interpreted to describe the post-orgasmic state of unconsciousness that some people have after having some sexual experiences.
More widely, it can refer to the spiritual release that comes with orgasm or to a short period of melancholy or transcendence as a result of the expenditure of the "life force," the feeling which is caused by the release of oxytocin in the brain after the occurrence of orgasm. Literary critic Roland Barthes spoke of la petite mort as the chief objective of reading literature. He metaphorically used the concept to describe the feeling one should get when experiencing any great literature.
The term "la petite mort" or "the small death" does not always apply to sexual experiences. It can also be used when some undesired thing has happened to a person and has affected them so much that "a part of them dies inside". A literary example of this is found in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles when he uses the phrase to describe how Tess feels after she comes across a particularly gruesome omen and meeting with her own rapist:
"She felt the petite mort at this unexpectedly gruesome information, and left the solitary man behind her."
"A real man never dies, even when he's killed!" — Kamina
"Don't believe in yourself! Believe in me! Believe in the Kamina who believes in you!" — Kamina
"Listen, Simon. Never forget. Just believe in yourself. Not in the Simon that I believe in; not in the Kamina that you believe in. Have faith in the Simon who believes in you." — Kamina
"Mark my words. This drill will open a hole in the universe! And that hole will be a path for those behind us! The dreams of those who have fallen... The hopes of those who will follow! Those two sets of dreams weave together into a double helix, drilling a path towards tomorrow! And that's Tengen Toppa. That's Gurren Lagann!! My drill is the drill... THAT CREATES THE HEAVENS!!!" — Simon
"We evolve beyond the person we were a minute before! Little by little, we advance a bit further with each turn. That's how a drill works!!" — Simon
"Get going, Simon. Just don't be distracted by the what-ifs, should-haves, and if-onlys. The one thing you choose yourself - that is the truth of your universe." — Kamina
Because if you don't know where it comes from, "Pierce the heavens" just doesn't say enough.
Both parties betray the people in state and local governments, serving the special interests. The police are getting confrontational and the military is becoming increasingly politicized.
ReplyDeleteIt will all come down to us.
I try to live by that statement.
ReplyDeleteHmmm. Isn't "le petit mort" a French expression for an orgasm?
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"Little Death" redirects here. For other uses, see Little Death (disambiguation).
For the film, see Little Deaths (film).
La petite mort, French for "the little death", is an idiom and euphemism for orgasm. This term has generally been interpreted to describe the post-orgasmic state of unconsciousness that some people have after having some sexual experiences.
More widely, it can refer to the spiritual release that comes with orgasm or to a short period of melancholy or transcendence as a result of the expenditure of the "life force," the feeling which is caused by the release of oxytocin in the brain after the occurrence of orgasm. Literary critic Roland Barthes spoke of la petite mort as the chief objective of reading literature. He metaphorically used the concept to describe the feeling one should get when experiencing any great literature.
The term "la petite mort" or "the small death" does not always apply to sexual experiences. It can also be used when some undesired thing has happened to a person and has affected them so much that "a part of them dies inside". A literary example of this is found in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles when he uses the phrase to describe how Tess feels after she comes across a particularly gruesome omen and meeting with her own rapist:
"She felt the petite mort at this unexpectedly gruesome information, and left the solitary man behind her."
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ReplyDelete"A real man never dies, even when he's killed!"
ReplyDelete— Kamina
"Don't believe in yourself! Believe in me! Believe in the Kamina who believes in you!"
— Kamina
"Listen, Simon. Never forget. Just believe in yourself. Not in the Simon that I believe in; not in the Kamina that you believe in. Have faith in the Simon who believes in you."
— Kamina
"Mark my words. This drill will open a hole in the universe! And that hole will be a path for those behind us! The dreams of those who have fallen... The hopes of those who will follow! Those two sets of dreams weave together into a double helix, drilling a path towards tomorrow! And that's Tengen Toppa. That's Gurren Lagann!! My drill is the drill... THAT CREATES THE HEAVENS!!!"
— Simon
"We evolve beyond the person we were a minute before! Little by little, we advance a bit further with each turn. That's how a drill works!!"
— Simon
"Get going, Simon. Just don't be distracted by the what-ifs, should-haves, and if-onlys. The one thing you choose yourself - that is the truth of your universe."
— Kamina
Because if you don't know where it comes from, "Pierce the heavens" just doesn't say enough.
A quote attributed to Zapata.
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