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.
- 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 - 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 - I doubt that this is delusion, and it is not accompanied by euphoria."
— from All the People by R. A. Lafferty - 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 - The euphoria of the night before was rapidly dissipating.
— from Project Daedalus by Thomas Hoover - Nephelium , Dimocarpus, Euphoria (Litchi).
— from The Nursery-Book: A Complete Guide to the Multiplication and Pollination of Plants by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey - 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 - 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