Proust Questionnaire: Angela's answers

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On Fri, 30 Nov 12 19:02:05 UTC Angela (19) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Having no guidance
Where would you like to live?: Amid bright life
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To feel loved, to love, to enjoy the arts, read good books, listen to good music, classic French culture
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: self-pity, apathy
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Those who acknowledge their faults, have a craving for love and portray the deepest, personal emotion
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Napoleon, Jack Kerouac, Friedrich Nietzsche, Albert Einstein, Vladimir Nabokov, Coco Chanel
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: A woman who loves herself, appreciates quality in life, is willing to share her wisdom and is generous to others
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Esther Greenwood (The Bell Jar), The Lisbon Sisters (The Virgin Suicides), Liesel Meminger (The Book Thief)
Your favorite painter?: John William Waterhouse, Claude Monet, Salvador Dali
Your favorite musician?: Andrew VanWyngarden, The Roots, Simon & Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Beach House,
The quality you most admire in a man?: Tenderness, intelligence, empathy, humour, love of culture, a good conversationalist
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligence, empathy, a good heart, humour
Your favorite virtue?: Humility, patience and kindness
Your favorite occupation?: Dreaming, reading, writing, appreciating art, finding new good music
Who would you have liked to be?: A Russian novelist in Paris
Your most marked characteristic?: A craving for acknolwedgment and love, quietness
What do you most value in your friends?: Good humour and a love of culture
What is your principle defect?: Pessimism
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To have stayed where I was/to have been born into a different family
What would you like to be?: An author and editor
What is your favorite color?: Pink, white and black
What is your favorite flower?: Rose and peony
What is your favorite bird?: Robins - they remind me of my grandmother
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Vladimir Nabokov, Jeffrey Eugenides, Margaret Atwood, Franz Kafka, Jack Kerouac, Sylvia Plath
Who are your favorite poets?: Pablo Neruda, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, Dylan Thomas
Who are your heroes in real life?: Jesus Christ, my parents
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Athena, Saint Helena, Audrey Hepburn, Hedi Lamarr, Rita Hayworth, Katharine Hepburn
What are your favorite names?: Maria, Veronica, Rose, Victoria, Audrey, Florence, Alexander, Michael, Vladimir, Andrew, Victor, Valentino
What is it you most dislike?: My lack of courage
What historical figures do you most despise?: Mao Zedong
What event in military history do you most admire?: I don't have one
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Courage
How would you like to die?: Beloved and wise
What is your present state of mind?: Tired and working while waiting for better things to happen
What is your motto?: Do unto others as you would have them do to you.

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