Adam, there are those words — die and death. What do they mean?

“How stupid we are! Let us eat of it. We shall die, and then we shall know what it is and not have any more bother about it.” — Eve

I found this place outside the garden, but she has found me out. In fact, I was not sorry she came, for there are but meager pickings here, and she brought some of those apples. I was obliged to eat them, I was so hungry. It was against my principles, but I find that principles have no real force except when one is well fed. . . .

— Adam, The Diaries of Adam & Eve, translated by Mark Twain

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