“It is as forbidden as is the illicit fruit of Hades, and yet, even he has eaten from it.”
“It was wrong and impossible and illicit and yet each minute with the boy was a gift, a scene from a story he could not leave.”
“Fruit free of any bruises, not yet broken open, / With flesh so firm and smooth, it cried out to be eaten!”
“He had, they said, tasted in succession all the apples of the tree of knowledge, and, whether from hunger or disgust, had ended by tasting the forbidden fruit.”
“Nay if even in the house of Hades the dead forget their dead, yet will I even there be mindful of my dear comrade.”
“You look like a boy who has eaten the fruit of the tree of knowledge and doesn't like the taste.”