Messy Quotes

“Messy" is a word we use to explain a conflict with an expectation we had. Eliminate the expectation, and you eliminate the "messy".”

“Messy" is a word we use to explain a conflict with an expectation we had. Eliminate the expectation, and you eliminate the "messy".”

“Like, in general I think people have very complicated reasons for wanting things, and we often have no idea whether we’re actually motivated by altruism or a desire to hook up or a search for answers or what. I always get annoyed when in books or movies characters want clear things for clear reasons, because my experience of humanness is that I always want messy things for messy reasons.”

“Emotions are messy.”

“In some ways, I missed my era because I'm big and messy and have big feelings and take up space on a stage rather than being diminutive and childlike in my woman-ness.”

“Real politics is messy and morally ambiguous and doesn't make for a compelling thriller.”

“The jangle of the telephone rousted Matt out of a deep sleep. He never dreamed. Dreams were too messy.”

“She chose messy, she chose wild. She chose life on her own terms.”

“Neatness, madam, has nothing to do with the truth. The truth is quite messy, like a wind blown room.”

“Messy love is better than none.I guess. I'm no authorityon sane living.”

“Choosing life is always messy. But it is there in the messiness, in the conflicted and often confused ways we live our lives, that we can learn how much mercy matters to us all.”