Proust Questionnaire: Tess Fiennes's answers

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On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:32:57 UTC Tess Fiennes (40) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Death of a loved one
Where would you like to live?: At a coast
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To love and be loved in return
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: To judge someone without knowing a background
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Heathcliff and The Flying Dutchman (Hendrik van der Decken)
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Leonidas King of Sparta, Judas Ischariot
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Loving mothers
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Those who fight for their love against all odds (like Mina Harker or Selene)
Your favorite painter?: Gustave Doré
Your favorite musician?: David Garrett
The quality you most admire in a man?: intelligence, compassion, ability to love
The quality you most admire in a woman?: intelligence, compassion, ability to love
Your favorite virtue?: honesty
Your favorite occupation?: writing, reading, watching movies
Who would you have liked to be?: Queen Gorgo of Sparta
Your most marked characteristic?: sensibility and being there for my friends
What do you most value in your friends?: honesty
What is your principle defect?: laziness
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To never have experienced the love my mother gave me
What would you like to be?: a successful writer
What is your favorite color?: violet and all shades of brown
What is your favorite flower?: lilies and orchids
What is your favorite bird?: The crow
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Lara Adrien
Who are your favorite poets?: Shakespeare
Who are your heroes in real life?: My mother
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Gorgo of Sparta
What are your favorite names?: Tess and Ella
What is it you most dislike?: Me on a bad day
What historical figures do you most despise?: Leading figures and doctors in the Nazi-Regime as Mengele, Goebbels or Göring
What event in military history do you most admire?: The battle at Thermopylae
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: To be stronger at moments of weakness
How would you like to die?: Beloved and satisfied with my life, without pain and at peace
What is your present state of mind?: I am tired but looking forward to tomorrow
What is your motto?: Be careful what you wish for

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