About Quote by Benedict Wong

“When Marco Polo came at last to Cathay, seven hundred years ago, did he not feel--and did his heart not falter as he realized--that…

— Richard Adams

“KUBLAI: I do not know when you have had time to visit all the countries you describe to me. It seems to me you…

— Italo Calvino

“... KUBLAI: We have proved that if we were here, we would not be. POLO: And here, in fact, we are.”

— Italo Calvino

“Then, I will be a real Italian girl, instead of a total American who still can't hear someone across the street to his friend…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Khan let Polo be his eyes and ears. He was the first one to build a bridge between East and West.

— Benedict Wong

“Each time I say good-bye to a place I like, I feel like I am leaving a part of me behind. I guess whether…

— Elif Shafak

In an instant he became aware that the tourist was about to try his own peculiar brand of linguistics, which meant that he would…

— Terry Pratchett

“Through a strange kind of geographic arrogance, Europeans like to think that the world was a silent, dark, unknown place until they trooped out…

— Tahir Shah

“For someone so intuitive,” he said, shaking his head, “sometimes you only see what you expect to see.”

— M.A. George

“It was interesting to see the change that came over Boris when he was speaking another language—a sort of livening, or alertness, a sense…

— Donna Tartt

“It's extraordinary how much you can tell about a person from their interpretations. It can show you how they see the world, and how…

— Angela Richardson

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton