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“Have you heard of la petite mort?”
“The little death?”
“It’s what the French call it. A metaphor, I assure you. I have always thought it more an affirmation of life. Or perhaps a reason for living.”

And then, with all the wicked promise he felt in his soul, he looked up at her through his lashes and murmured, “Shall I show you?”
― Julia Quinn, The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband