Phyllis McGinley Quote

Sin has always been an ugly word, but it has been made so in a new sense over the last half-century. It has been made not only ugly but passé. People are no longer sinful, they are only immature or underprivileged or frightened or, more particularly, sick.


The Province of the Heart (1959)


Sin has always been an ugly word, but it has been made so in a new sense over the last half-century. It has been made not only ugly but passé....

Sin has always been an ugly word, but it has been made so in a new sense over the last half-century. It has been made not only ugly but passé....

Sin has always been an ugly word, but it has been made so in a new sense over the last half-century. It has been made not only ugly but passé....

Sin has always been an ugly word, but it has been made so in a new sense over the last half-century. It has been made not only ugly but passé....