![]() ![]() ![]() What’s more, you aren’t out of breath.’ He nodded to himself. At last he went on, ‘And all at once, before you know it, you find you’ve swept the whole street clean, bit by bit. Nothing else.’Īgain he paused for thought before adding, ‘That way you enjoy your work, which is important, because then you make a good job of it. Then he said, ‘You must never think of the whole street at once, understand? You must only concentrate on the next step, the next breath, the next stroke of the broom, and the next, and the next. Momo: O la extana historia de los ladrones del tiempo y de la nina que devolvio el tiempo a los hombres (Spanish Edition) by Michael Ende and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. ‘You work faster and faster, and every time you look up there seems to be just as much left to sweep as before, and you try even harder, and you panic, and in the end you’re out of breath and have to stop – and still the street stretches away in front of you. ![]() ‘And then you start to hurry,’ he went on. He gazed silently into space before continuing. Sometimes, when you’ve a very long street ahead of you, you think how terribly long it is and feel sure you’ll never get it swept.’ “You see, Momo,’ he told her one day, ‘it’s like this. One of my great inspirations, in life and in play too: this quote by Beppo in the book Momo, by Michael Ende: ![]()
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