Forbidden

Famous quotes containing the word forbidden:

“That’s metaphysics, my dear fellow. It’s forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won’t take it.”
—Boris Pasternak (1890–1960)

“We take no pleasure in permitted joys,
But what’s forbidden is more keenly sought.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

“There’s a theory, one I find persuasive, that the quest for knowledge is, at bottom, the search for the answer to the question: “Where was I before I was born.” In the beginning was ... what? Perhaps, in the beginning, there was a curious room, a room like this one, crammed with wonders; and now the room and all it contains are forbidden you, although it was made just for you, had been prepared for you since time began, and you will spend all your life trying to remember it.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)