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Literary notes about euphoria (AI summary)

Literary authors employ "euphoria" to evoke a potent array of emotional and even scientific resonances. In some narratives it vividly describes an incandescent, almost tactile inner glow—as when it is portrayed as a warm, expectant feeling that glows like aged wine in one's veins [1] or transforms a mundane routine into a moment of sensory delight [2]. In other texts, however, the term nuances the line between genuine well-being and the pathological, marking states where euphoria may accompany delusional perceptions [3, 4] or fleeting highs that vanish as quickly as they arise [5]. Beyond the realm of pure emotion, "euphoria" serves as a taxonomic designation in botanical contexts [6, 7, 8], further illustrating its rich versatility in literature.
  1. Her hesitant voice was music, rousing in Farrell a warm and expectant euphoria that glowed like old wine in his veins.
    — from Pet Farm by Roger D. Aycock
  2. Breakfast was transformed into a veritable form of euphoria for me, as I was able to add to my morning fare a delicious "bear claw" donut.
    — from Through These Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Lauren Ann Isaacson
  3. I doubt that this is delusion, and it is not accompanied by euphoria."
    — from All the People by R. A. Lafferty
  4. It may be a delusion as Dr. Shirm says, but it is a heavily detailed delusion, and it is not accompanied by euphoria.
    — from All the People by R. A. Lafferty
  5. The euphoria of the night before was rapidly dissipating.
    — from Project Daedalus by Thomas Hoover
  6. Nephelium , Dimocarpus, Euphoria (Litchi).
    — from The Nursery-Book: A Complete Guide to the Multiplication and Pollination of Plants by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
  7. The region is poor in Cetoniidæ, but has representatives of the South American Euphoria , as well as of four European genera.
    — from The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 2 With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface by Alfred Russel Wallace
  8. By some of the earlier botanical works the litchi is placed either in the genus Dimocarpus or Euphoria .
    — from The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Andrew S. (Andrew Samuel) Fuller

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