I also would have read it differently in my mind without the italics. But consider that maybe the emphasis on “I” and “you” in the spoken version would be there in the first place to elucidate the opposition that comes across more easily in writing. It’s difficult to be sure, but I don’t think the I/you-emphasis version gives any extra information that’s absent from the non-italicized written version.
I also would have read it differently in my mind without the italics. But consider that maybe the emphasis on “I” and “you” in the spoken version would be there in the first place to elucidate the opposition that comes across more easily in writing. It’s difficult to be sure, but I don’t think the I/you-emphasis version gives any extra information that’s absent from the non-italicized written version.