"“I'm a Catholic girl, so I used to worry I was 'an occasion of sin.' That was the expression if your clothes were too short and someone had lusting thoughts about you—you were 'an occasion of sin.'" "I always worried as a little boy (and still do) that I wasn't 'an occasion of sin.' Will I ever, in my lifetime, be worthy of such a compliment, such a desired reverse state of grace?""
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Patty McCormack in John Waters, Role Models, (May 25, 2010).
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