Gigi and Beppo have me bawling already. Time and Fairytales rlly are my favourite things in the world.

It’s so insane, how i am 26 percent in and had to mark nearly every single page. The patriarchy and capitalism are really showing and looking at the current state of our world, this book is still so relevant. My heart aches, every time my brain goes ‘yeah, sounds like my life currently’ or ‘wow, what a time to be alive’

On that note, please waste time, as much as u can bcuz time might be a finite resource, but love, fun and companionship aren’t.

Beppo, the man you are.

This book rlly reminds me, why I turned out the way I did. It is still baffling to me, how the discussed topics are still so relevant. I read this book the first time, when I was about 11 years old and it rlly shows. These pages shaped me, like no other book I read in my entire life and I wouldn’t want it any other way. So if u can spare the time/ want something that gets u thinking and questioning our view of the world and time and also friendships, I can recommend this book wholeheartedly.

Also, Beppo rlly won in life and we should all be a little more like him.

» You see, Momo,' he [Beppo Roadsweeper] told her one day, 'it's like this. 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.' He gazed silently into space before continuing. 'And then you start to hurry,' he went on. '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. That's not the way to do it.' He pondered a while. 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. Nothing else.' Again he paused for thought before adding, 'That way you enjoy your work, which is important, because then you make a good job of it. And that's how it ought to be.' There was another long silence. 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. What's more, you aren't out of breath.' He nodded to himself. 'That's important, too,' he concluded. «