“There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.”
“And this is the forbidden truth, the unspeakable taboo - that evil is not always repellent but frequently attractive; that it has the power to make of us not simply victims, as nature and accident do, but active accomplices.”
“God would not allow Adam and Eve to eat of the forbidden tree, even though it was good for food, pleasant to the eye and to be desired to make one wise (Gen. 3).”
“We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us”
“No. The answer was no, I was not all right. I nearly got knocked out. Knocked out by desire! Desire for forbidden dissimilar molecules”
“Desire is endless and unappeasable, is most intense where most forbidden, and is never far from despair.”