Momo Quotes

“Crap.
It's all crap.
Living is crap.
Life has no meaning.
None. Nowhere to be found.
Crap.
Why doesn't anybody realize this?”
― K-Ske Hasegawa, Ballad of a Shinigami, Vol. 1

“All the world's misfortunes stemmed from the countless untruths, both deliberate and unintentional, which people told because of haste or carelessness.”
― Michael Ende, Momo

“What will happen when my heart stops beating?" Momo asked.
When that moment comes," said the professor, "time will stop for you as well. Or rather, you will retrace your steps through time, through all the days and nights, myths and years of your life, until you go out through the great, round, silver gate you entered by."
What will I find on the other side?"
The home of the music you've sometimes faintly heard in the distance, but by then you'll be part of it. You yourself will be a note in its mighty harmonies.”
― michael ende

“Porque el tiempo es vida, y la vida reside en el corazón. Y cuanto más ahorraba de esto la gente, menos tenía.”
― Michael Ende, Momo

“All that matters in life," the grey man went on, "is to climb the ladder of success, amount to something, own things. When a person climbs higher than the rest, amounts to more, owns more things, everything else comes automatically: friendship, love, respect, et cetera..."

"Isn't there anyone who loves you?" Momo whispered.”
― Michael Ende

“İnsanlar kendilerini korkutan şeylere çok daha çabuk inanıyorlar. Bu da bir bilmece.”
― Michael Ende, Momo

“Neden yüzleri kül gibi soğuk?"
"Varlıklarını ölü şeylerden kazandıkları için. Biliyorsun, onlar varlıklarını, insanların ömrünü tüketerek sürdürüyorlar. Fakat zaman, gerçek sahiplerinden alınınca ölüyor. Her insanın kendisine ait belli bir zamanı vardır. Ve bu zaman da yalnızca onda kaldıkça canlıdır, yaşar.”
― Michael Ende

“Te voy a dar un consejo: No te tomes tan en serio a ti mismo. En el fondo, tú no importas.”
― Michael Ende, Momo

“Zaman yaşamın kendisiydi. Ve yaşamın yeri yürekti. İnsanlar zamandan tasarruf ettikçe, zaman azalıyordu.”
― Michael Ende, Momo

“Wenn die Menschen wüssten, was der Tod ist, dann hätten sie keine Angst mehr vor ihm. Und wenn sie keine Angst mehr hätten, könnte keiner ihnen ihre Lebenszeit stehlen.”
― Michael Ende, Momo

“Aslında zaman nedir?…
…belki de hep var olduğu için duyulmayan bir müzik gibidir.”
― Michael Ende, Momo

“Hay muchas clases de soledad, pero Momo vivía una que muy pocos hombres conocen, y menos con tanta fuerza.
Le parecía estar encerrada en una caverna rodeada de riquezas incontables que se hacían cada vez más y mayores y amenazaban asfixiarla. Y no había salida. Nadie podía llegar hasta ella y ella no se podía hacer notar a nadie, tan aplastada estaba bajo una montaña de tiempo.
Incluso llegaron horas en que deseaba no haber oído nunca la música ni haber visto los colores. No obstante, si la hubiesen dado a elegir, no habría renunciado a ese recuerdo por nada del mundo. Aunque se hubiera muerto por ello. Pues eso era lo que vivía ahora: que hay riquezas que lo matan a uno si no puede compartirlas.”
― Michael Ende

“- Albert Kami, naime, tvrdi da je za dokolicu potrebno mnogo više snage nego za rad! - pokušah da joj objasnim. - Dokolicu, po njemu, mogu da izdrže samo izuzetno snažni duhovi dovoljni sami sebi...”
― Momo Kapor, Ada

“One day, you don't feel like doing anything. Nothing interests you, everything bores you. Feel more and more empty inside, more and more dissatisfied with yourself and the world in general. Then even that feeling wears off, and you don't feel anything anymore. You become completely indifferent to what goes on around you. You forget how to laugh and cry - you're cold inside and incapable of loving anything or anyone. There's no going back. The disease has a name. It's called deadly tedium.”
― Michael Ende

“La luna se veía grande y plateada sobre los pinos negros y hacía brillar misteriosamente las viejas piedras de las ruinas. Momo y Gigi estaban sentados en silencio el uno al lado del otro y se miraron largamente en ella: sintieron con toda claridad que, durante ese instante, ambos eran inmortales”
― Michael Ende, Momo

“― Cînd te-ai născut?
Momo se gîndi şi spuse într-un tîrziu:
― După cîte îmi amintesc, am fost din totdeauna.”
― Michael Ende, Momo

“Günlük yaşam içinde çok büyük bir sır vardır. Herkesin bunda bir payı bulunur ve herkes onu bilir, ama pek az kimse bu konuya kafa yorar. Çoğu kimse onu olduğu gibi benimser ve ona asla şaşırmaz. Bu büyük sır zamandır.”
― Michael Ende, Momo

“Ik bevind me hier tussen een compleet onbeschaafd, onbeschoft en onbehoorlijk verloren grijs volk met witte nevelslierten.”
― Petra Hermans

“Yoshie scooped some of the cake's topping onto her finger. "This cream. Why does it smell so good?"
"Satoko mixed peach juice into it. Fushimi used to be famous for peaches, after all--- I mean, the Momoyama castle was even named after them.”
― Jesse Kirkwood, The Restaurant of Lost Recipes