“Being turned into a lizard can really mess up your day.”

“Walk really, really carefully. It's not complicated, but if you mess up, you'll die, so pay attention.”

Maureen Johnson (1973) writer from the USA

“It's your time to live, don't mess it up.”

Sue Monk Kidd book The Secret Life of Bees

“I must admit I’m impressed, Sadie. You controlled your magic and controlled Isis. And you, Carter, did well turning into a lizard.”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

“Being alive is about messing up gloriously, and I will fight for that ability to gloriously mess up because I don't believe that humans are statues or sculptures.”

Alok Vaid-Menon (1991) American performance artist, and LGBTQ rights activist

“A little glitter can turn your whole day around.”

Barbara Park (1947–2013) American juvenile author

“Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

“If you really wanted to mess me up, you should have got to me earlier.”

Nick Hornby book High Fidelity

“One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly."
~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist.”

Andy Rooney (1919–2011) writer, humorist, television personality

“Let grammar, punctuation, and spelling into your life! Even the most energetic and wonderful mess has to be turned into sentences.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author