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On Fri, 29 May 2009 01:28:58 UTC Amanda answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
A world without music
Where would you like to live?
In reality
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To be surrounded by love
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Defeatism
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Common folks with extraordinary lives
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Abraham Lincoln, Alfred Kinsey, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Harriet Tubman
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Single mothers making it work
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
I find it hard to admire fictitious people.
Your favorite painter?
Renoir
Your favorite musician?
Anyone who believes what they play
The quality you most admire in a man?
Decisiveness
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Strength
Your favorite virtue?
Humility
Your favorite occupation?
Writing
Who would you have liked to be?
Myself...with a smaller head.
Your most marked characteristic?
Humor
What do you most value in your friends?
Loyalty
What is your principle defect?
Lack of faith
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Having never been loved
What would you like to be?
Fulfilled
What is your favorite color?
Color
What is your favorite flower?
One that still grows
What is your favorite bird?
Hummingbird
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Alice Walker
Who are your favorite poets?
Whitman
Who are your heroes in real life?
Mom
What are your favorite names?
All of them
What is it you most dislike?
Intolerance
What historical figures do you most despise?
I cannot despise those I do not know
What event in military history do you most admire?
I don't
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Confidence
How would you like to die?
Laughing
What is your present state of mind?
Amused...and slightly crazy
What is your motto?
Don't ever have mottos.

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