#sins

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man. ↗

— Alain Rene Le Sage

#man #original #pride #sins #were

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#forgiven #only #sins #undone

People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#capable #categories #divided #find #forgive

Women have a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed. ↗

— Cornelia Otis Skinner

#corner #hearts #never #sins #special

Growing up, one of my cousins was an out gay man. ↗

— Eric Stonestreet

#gay #growing #growing up #man #out

In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#envy #i #insidious #may #most

In the medieval tradition, Beksinski seems to believe art to be a forewarning about the fragility of the flesh– whatever pleasures we know are doomed to perish– thus, his paintings manage to evoke at once the process of decay and the ongoing struggle for life. They hold within them a secret poetry, stained with blood and rust. ↗

— Guillermo del Toro

#beksinski #painting #art

I have a head for business and a body for sin. Unfortunately, the sin appears to be gluttony. ↗

— Jenny Colgan

#chick-lit #gluttony #humor #humour #seven-deadly-sins

There's nothing depraved about sex. Of course with a little creativity, some toys and a whole lot of dirty talk, you can change that. ↗

— Suzanne Wright

#change

No!" He recoiled. "You and I are finished." "Son..." I started. But he rounded on me. "Do you think me so soft that calling me son might change my mind? How long did you sit on this information? Or am I to believe you only discovered it now? My mother's blood may stain another's hands, but Charles Lee is no less a monster, and all he does, he does by your command. ↗

— Oliver Bowden

#change