He was not in love with her in any legitimate sense; but he knew now that, if he could see her no more, life would be a savorless thing, at least until his fancy had spent itself.
"Brand Blotters"
William MacLeod Raine
The rude and reckless composition, the rough intrusion of savorless farce, the bewildering combinations of incident and the far more bewildering fluctuations of character-all the inconsistencies, incongruities, incoherences of the piece are forgotten when the reader remembers and reverts to the passages of exquisite and fascinating beauty which relieve and redeem the utmost errors of negligence and haste.
"The Age of Shakespeare"
Algernon Charles Swinburne
For the time being life was savorless, and ambition had gone out like a snuffed candle.
"Anne Of The Island"
Lucy Maud Montgomery