#sinner

My confession begins," Father S said, "as the confessions of many men begin - with three words" "Father forgive me?" Michael hazarded a guess. Father S signed. "I met Eleanor. ↗

— Tiffany Reisz

#the-original-sinners #tiffany-reisz #forgiveness

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun. ↗

— Billy Joel

#fun #i #laugh #more #much

The dead do not hurt you; only the living do. ↗

— Tess Gerritsen

#death #hurt #life #living #tess-gerritsen

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#depart #ever #eye #forgive #ghost

If there are damned souls in Hell, it is because men blind themselves. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#blindness #blindness-of-man #damnation #damned #faust

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#saints #sin #sinners #sin

Sometimes, somehow... I feel that ocean contains tears of mother earth, that mourns over terrible great sin done by men. ↗

— Toba Beta

#men #nature #sinner #men

See, I think if it just became who's sleeping with whom, then there's no reason to prefer one party over the other, 'cause the truth is we're all sinners. ↗

— Paul Begala

#cause #i #i think #just #no reason

As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note. ↗

— Seamus Heaney

#citizens #make #note #our #positive

The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#manufacture #saves #science #seeks #sinners