“That world is ended, as if it had never been. Let the race of Adam and Eve take warning.”
“The apple . . . came before Adam and Eve in the story of creation. It had to have been there at least three years because that's how long it takes for a new tree to bear fruit.”
“Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething.”
“Not Adam and Eve, after eating the apple, could have been more upset than I was.”
“The story of Adam and Eve has less to do with evil than the cosmic human sadness that relationships are never straightforward, never pure enough.”
“I knew it would begin with the end, and the end would look like death to these eyes. I had been warned.”