What is the most aesthetic way to to escape a single quote within a single-quoted string in (ba)sh?

Question

In a (ba)sh script of mine, I have, for example:

MYVAR=\'Alice says: \"Hello, Bob.\" But Bob isn\'t listening.\'

This is a syntax error, since

Answer 1

You could also use double quotes and escaping. I guess, it is simpler than change the language:

MYVAR="Alice says: \"Hello, Bob.\" But Bob isn't listening."

More information about escaping symbols in bash.