Babel, or The Necessity of Violence

This book just became one of my top favorites. I was literally speechless (funny, considering) at that ending, I loved it. Still having a hard time describing it, but wow. I love this book.

The last chapter was such a perfect conclusion to this story. It has many of my favorite quotes from this book. But that would be spoilers, so for lack of better review, here are a couple non-spoiler quotes I have highlighted:

“...translation was impossible , that the realm of pure meaning they captured and manifested would and could not ever be known”

“That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world and hoping someone else understands.”