Wouldn't it be a mess of single quotes and double quotes?

Maybe. Why do you think it will be less of a mess of single quotes and double quotes if you would program it in a different language?

# Perl
print '$samaadhi';   # Prints the text, not the value.
# shell
echo '$samaadhi';
/* C */
#include <stdio.h>
printf("$samaadhi");
// Java
System.out.print("$samaadhi");
# Python
print "$samaadhi";
{ Pascal }
Write("$smaadhi");
// C++
#include <iostream>
std::cout << "$samaadhi";
-- Haskell
putStrLn "$samaadhi";
# MMIX
string  BYTE   "$samaadhi", 0
  Main  GETA   $255,string
        TRAP   0,Fputs,StdOut
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Seems it's not any easier in another language.