Sin Quotes

4044 Sin quotes by 1784 unique authors

Well, every little boy thinks he invented sin. Virtue we think we learn, because we are told about it. But sin is our own designing. — John Steinbeck
The ways of sin are curious . . . I guess if a man had to shuck off everything he had, inside and out, he'd… — John Steinbeck
Because immigrants have always been particularly prone to repetition - it's something to do with that experience of moving from West to East or East… — Zadie Smith
One day I was talking to Cora. She prayed for me because she believed I was blind to sin, wanting me to kneel and pray… — William Faulkner
See, you can't rewrite, 'cause to rewrite is to deceive and lie, and you betray your own thoughts. To rethink the flow and the rhythm,… — David Cronenberg
I do not believe a person can take two issues from Scripture, those being abortion and gay marriage, and adhere to them as sins, then… — Donald Miller
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness. — Simone Weil
America was different. America was a river, roarng along, unmindful of the past. I could wade into this river, let my sins drown to the… — Khaled Hosseini
We pay for sins we do not remember, and seek to do a will we can scarce fathom. That is what it is, to be… — Jacqueline Carey
Be sure your sins will find you out, especially if you're married and her name's Bertha — D. H. Lawrence
It's another sin. Worse than all the other ones, which are immediate, violent and hot...It's the eighth deadly sin. The one God left out, Hope. — Jennifer Donnelly
To be godless is probably the first step to innocence," he said, "to lose the sense of sin and subordination, the false grief for things… — Anne Rice
...I would think how words go straight up in a thin line, quick and harmless, and how terribly doing goes along the earth, clinging to… — William Faulkner
One reason sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake. — Billy Sunday
The pleasure of sin is soon gone, but the sting remains. — Thomas Watson
there is only one unpardonable sin--deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven. — Truman Capote
It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also. You, Mr. Gray, you yourself, with… — Oscar Wilde
Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul. — John Bunyan
A good novel is one that shows the complexity of individuals, and creates enough space for all these characters to have a voice; in this… — Azar Nafisi
Black as night, sweet as sin. — Neil Gaiman

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