"Messiness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... furtively wiping them. It is a tantalising feast, and the American smiles serenely as he smokes in his corner and refuses to have anything to do with it. The only thing we do get out of it are some really good green figs, which cannot, however, be eaten without shameless messiness, as they are so ...
— Round the Wonderful World • G. E. Mitton
... but a "fad," intended to do what it never does—viz, keep your fingers from sticking, and "your tongue from evil speaking" about the "messiness" ...
— Practical Taxidermy • Montagu Browne |
