Proust Questionnaire: Anne's answers

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On Mon, 21 Jul 14 08:57:37 UTC Anne (21) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To feel like I've failed myself
Where would you like to live?: Suomenlinna
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: A cabin in the coastal redwoods of California, with a front porch on which to sip tea and read
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Supplementing emotional needs with material distractions
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: The practical ones who manage to hold on to hope of being happy in the end
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Hildegard of Bingen, Aisha, and other women who held a passion for learning and intellectual pursuits
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Dr. Megan Urry, the director of YCAA
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: The resilient ones who the author didn't feel the need to break down in order to make their strength and conviction believable
Your favorite painter?: Hung Liu
Your favorite musician?: Bedřich Smetana
The quality you most admire in a man?: Education, ambition, passion
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Ambition, education, passion, wanderlust
Your favorite virtue?: Diligence
Your favorite occupation?: Reading
Who would you have liked to be?: Boadicea
Your most marked characteristic?: A need to be in constant forward motion
What do you most value in your friends?: A kind and intelligent wit
What is your principle defect?: my weight
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To never achieve my goals; a life unfulfilled
What would you like to be?: Successful
What is your favorite color?: Emerald
What is your favorite flower?: The wildflowers that carpet Napapijri at midsummer
What is your favorite bird?: The raven
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Ever changing
Who are your favorite poets?: Wisława Szymborska, Ben Jonson
Who are your heroes in real life?: Educators, Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Boudicca, Nzinga
What are your favorite names?: Those with musical qualities
What is it you most dislike?: myself at times, lack of common sense, people who buy single ply toilet paper
What historical figures do you most despise?: smarmy politicians
What event in military history do you most admire?: The Winter War
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Patience and perspective
How would you like to die?: Without loose ends
What is your present state of mind?: Tired
What is your motto?: Never bored.

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