Proust Questionnaire: Amanda Strong's answers

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On Mon, 17 Apr 17 16:43:17 UTC Amanda Strong (42) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To live a life without my children.
Where would you like to live?: I would like to live in England, France, or Germany
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To live near my children for the remainder of my days, be surrounded by beautiful people and places, live near the water, have a plethora of books and a career teaching literature and writing, an live near the theater or museums
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: To a life filled with hate and racism.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Any of Shakespeare's strong women like Beatrice.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Any woman who find and lives her independence.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing, Katniss from The Hunger Games
Your favorite painter?: Monet
Your favorite musician?: Prince
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intelligence
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Internal beauty, grace, intelligence, independence
Your favorite virtue?: Fairness
Your favorite occupation?: Teaching, Writing
Who would you have liked to be?: Shakespeare's wife
Your most marked characteristic?: Independence
What do you most value in your friends?: Trust
What is your principle defect?: Weakness of will
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Never to have a relationship with my mother again. :(
What would you like to be?: A woman who is remembered for her work combating racism and sexism.
What is your favorite color?: Purple.
What is your favorite flower?: Daisy or tulip
What is your favorite bird?: The eagle
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Frost, Morrison
Who are your favorite poets?: Maya Angelou
Who are your heroes in real life?: Grandma, women of color
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Guinnevere
What are your favorite names?: I only have one name. It is both my favorite and least favorite.
What is it you most dislike?: Hate, racism, judgment
What historical figures do you most despise?: Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, Bin Laden, Hussein, Assad
What event in military history do you most admire?: Those who fought in VietNam, for a cause they did not support.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: the ability to sing.
How would you like to die?: With my children by my side, remembering that I made every decision with them in mind.
What is your present state of mind?: Annoyance
What is your motto?: Love and be loved.

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