"He don’ believe in sin. Tol’ me hisself. Says the sin is bein’ hungry. Says the sin is bein’ cold."
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 22. Religious fanatic Lisbeth Sandry is describing the Weedpatch manager Jim Rawley. Like Jim Casy, he doesn’t believe the strict religious teachings about sin. For him the sin is being hungry and cold.