Italo Calvino Quote

For those who pass it without entering, the city is one thing; it is another for those who are trapped by it and never leave. There is the city where you arrive for the first time; and there is another city which you leave never to return. Each deserves a different name; perhaps I have already spoken of Irene under other names; perhaps I have spoken only of Irene.

Invisible Cities (ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013) - ISBN: 9780544133204

For those who pass it without entering, the city is one thing; it is another for those who are trapped by it and never leave. There is the city where ...

For those who pass it without entering, the city is one thing; it is another for those who are trapped by it and never leave. There is the city where ...

For those who pass it without entering, the city is one thing; it is another for those who are trapped by it and never leave. There is the city where ...

For those who pass it without entering, the city is one thing; it is another for those who are trapped by it and never leave. There is the city where ...