Adam was but human-this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden.

The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become

The joy of killing! the joy of seeing killing done - these are traits of the human race at large.

For we were little Christian children and early learned the value of forbidden fruit

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

Whatever their bodies do affects their souls. It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out...