Local color has a fatal tendency to remain local; but it is also true that the universal often borders on the void.

Local color has a fatal tendency to remain local; but it is also true that the universal often borders on the void.

地方色彩具有保持地方色彩的致命倾向;但同样真实的是，宇宙经常处于虚空的边缘。

-- Hervey Allen 赫维·艾伦