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Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back.

Harvey Cox (2013). “The Secular City: Secularization and Urbanization in Theological Perspective”, p.261, Princeton University Press

The glamour of being forbidden must not be underestimated.

"Imran is Dim, says Salman Rushdie at the India Today Conclave". "India Today Conclave" with Aroon Purie, indiatoday.intoday.in. March 17, 2012.

Love finds an altar for forbidden fires.

Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles, William Warburton, Joseph Warton (1806). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Sappho to Phaon. Eloisa to Abelard. The temple of fame. January and May. The wife of Bath. The first book of Statius's Thebais. The fable of Dryope. Vertumnus and Pomona. Imitations [of English poets] Miscellanies. Epitaphs”, p.44

The next thing I would mention, and warn you against, is profaneness. This you know is forbidden by God.

Jupiter Hammon, Oscar Wegelin (1970). “America's First Negro Poet: The Complete Works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island”

Magic happens on the threshold of the forbidden.

Maria Tatar (2004). “Secrets Beyond the Door: The Story of Bluebeard and His Wives”, p.1, Princeton University Press

That undercurrent of the forbidden was always a part of rock.

"Alison Goldfrapp Meets Debbie Harry". Interview with Phoebe Reill, www.spin.com. April 8, 2010.

It is only the poor who are forbidden to beg.

Anatole France (2008). “Crainquebille”, p.200, Wildside Press LLC

The ladies of comedy now are comfortable dressing up. It's not forbidden anymore.

"Tina Fey Says a '30 Rock' Reunion Would Only Happen in Imax" by Emily Zelmer, www.elle.com. September 23, 2013.