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

Quote by Michael Ende

Book:Momo

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Momo

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Michael Ende

Michael Ende was a German author known for his fantasy literature. His most famous work, 'The NeverEnding Story', has been beloved by readers worldwide and has been translated into many languages. more

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“He tried to remember Moon Child's eyes, but was no longer able to. He was sure of only one thing: that her glance had passed through his eyes and down into his heart. He could still feel the burning trail it had left behind. That glance, he felt, was embedded in his heart, and there it glittered like a mysterious jewel. And in a strange and wonderful way it hurt. Even if Bastian had wanted to, he couldn't have defended himself against this thing that had happened to him. However, he didn't want to. Oh no, not for anything in the world would he have parted with that jewel. All he wanted was to go on reading, to see Moon Child again, to be with her. IT never occurred to him that he was getting into the most unusual and perhaps the most dangerous of adventures. But even if he had known this, he wouldn't have dreamed of shutting the book.”

“(...) Y la alegría lo llenó de la cabeza a los pies, alegría de vivir y alegría de ser él mismo. Porque ahora sabía otra vez quién era y de dónde era. Había nacido de nuevo. Y lo mejor era que quería ser precisamente quien era. Si hubiera tenido que elegir una posibilidad entre todas, no hubiera elegido ninguna otra. Porque ahora sabía: en el mundo hay miles y miles de formas de alegría, pero en el fondo todas son una sola: la alegría de poder amar. Eran aspectos de una misma cosa.”

“Derken garip bir düşünceyle çarpıldım. Adam ölmüş. Bir hayalet, onunu gibilerin hepsi ölüydi. Etraftaki bir çok insanın ölmüş olduğu o anda kafama dank etti. Bir insanın kalbi durunca -daha önce değil- öldüğünü söyleriz. Bana biraz keyfi geliyor bu. Sonuçta vücudun bazı kısımları çalışmaya devam ediyor; mesela saçlar, tüyler daha yıllarca uzuyor. Belki insan asıl beyni durunca ölüyor, yeni bir düşünceyi idrak etme gücünü yitirince.”