SIN

'...the consequence of sin is that you have to to trample on other people.'
Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter, p.230. 

THE CROSS

'...I hold on to the cross with all my strength - one must cling to it like a kitten hanging on to a plank when it falls into the sea.' 

Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter, p.36.