Proust Questionnaire: Alicia's answers

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On Sat, 27 Jul 13 16:50:22 UTC Alicia (68) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: to loose a son
Where would you like to live?: any country without violence
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: to see my family happy and healthy
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: selfishness
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: unknown heroes
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Mother Theresa, Mahatma Ghandi
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: mothers of disabled children
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: many heroines of romantic or drama books
Your favorite painter?: Sorolla (Spanish painter)
Your favorite musician?: Bethoven, Mozart
The quality you most admire in a man?: sincerity, cleaness
The quality you most admire in a woman?: empathy, naturalness
Your favorite virtue?: the virtues that make a human being worth knowing
Your favorite occupation?: reading and films
Who would you have liked to be?: I would have liked to be a writer or a musician
Your most marked characteristic?: A need to be acepted. Easy to be liked
What do you most value in your friends?: sincerity
What is your principle defect?: not passionate about anything
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: not to have a family who cares
What would you like to be?: just me
What is your favorite color?: red
What is your favorite flower?: herbera (like chinesse daisy)
What is your favorite bird?: the humming bird
Who are your favorite prose writers?: many writers, most of them Spanish poets
Who are your favorite poets?: Some American and some European
Who are your heroes in real life?: everyday human beings
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Those who do not appear in books but in everyday stories
What are your favorite names?: Maria, Ismael
What is it you most dislike?: selfishness, envy
What historical figures do you most despise?: I cannot write it here
What event in military history do you most admire?: The troops in Normandy
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: a beautiful voice
How would you like to die?: without fear
What is your present state of mind?: stressed
What is your motto?: As Proust says, it may bring bad luck

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