He couldn't believe the banality of the question.

他无法相信那问题竟如此陈腐。

But the banality of your own life is very real to you.

但是平凡的生活对你言却是很真实。

It's a banality, but you don't possess art, it possesses you.

这老生常谈的事，但你并不能支配艺术，是艺术在支配你。

The woman hopes in the banality to be protected and be loved.

女人都希望在平凡中被呵护、被爱着。

I'm utterly bored of the sameness and the banality that goes on around me.

我极度讨厌相似并且陈腐的东西围绕着我。