Real life is only ever just real life. Messy. What it means depends on how you look at it. The only thing you’ve got to do is find a way to live there.

About This Quote

The lines, “Real life is only ever just real life. Messy. What it means depends on how you look at it. The only thing you’ve got to do is find a way to live there,” are part of a poem written by Emily Brontë.

She was describing the lives of people who are struggling to make their way in the world. They are confused about their place in society, but they do not have the luxury of choosing how they feel about the world around them. And if they do not carve out their own way of looking at life, then they will end up getting confused and caught up in the muddle that is life.

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