Or is it falling into the old sin of hubris to say you can will your own death?

And old sins have long shadows, as the saying goes.

What I saw there was a nasty blend of raw hunger and old sin.

Had she thought of her sins, wondering whether this monstrous baby was some old sin made manifest?

"The question," she said, as if reading his thoughts, "comes down to the old sin of pride."

If it had been a report From the police--again, what could they know there except for my old sins?

We must pay for all sorts of old sins.

"Did he ever tell you the one about old sins casting long shadows?"

Nobody much is what they seem, and old sins cast long shadows.

Something dark seeps from the chest to add to the stains of old sins on the sidewalk.