“When I think of the Crucifixion, I commit the sin of envy.”
“Every time I think about that girl, my mind commits a sin.”
“What sins I commit, I commit them in the open.”
“But my sins are my strength, he thinks; the sins I have done, that others have not even found the opportunity of committing. I hug them close; they're mine.”
“He grinned. “I was trying to remember all the deadly sins the other day,” he said. “Greed,envy, gluttony, irony, pedantry…”“I’m pretty sure irony isn’t a deadly sin.”“I’m pretty sure it is.”“Lust,” she said. “Lust is a deadly sin.”“And spanking.”“I think that falls under lust.”“I think it should have its own category,” said Jace. “Greed, envy, gluttony, irony, pedantry, lust, and spanking.”
“I don't think crucifixion is the answer. I believe in the resurrection. I like that part of the story.”