I speak and speak, [...] but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. [...] It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.
Explorer
From 'Invisible Cities' by Italo Calvino, attributed to Marco Polo's reflections, though 'Invisible Cities' is a fictional work inspired by Polo's travels. The underlying sentiment is often associated with the nature of his dictated accounts.
1972 (publication of Calvino's work, reflecting a historical perspective of Polo's narrative challenges)
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