A terrible thirst and hunger came over him and a longing to taste that fruit. He put it hastily into his pocket; but there were plenty of others. Could it be wrong to taste one? After all, he thought, the notice on the gate might not have been exactly an order; it might have been only a piece of advice - and who cares about advice?

Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.

For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are.