Proust Questionnaire: Anusia's answers

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On Sun, 08 Jan 17 21:12:04 UTC Anusia (34) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Being alone and unwanted
Where would you like to live?: Wicklow mountains
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To be surrounded by those I love and who love me in a place of beauty
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Lack of empathy and patience with my own and other people's shortcomings
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Miss Marple
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Martin Luther King, Michael Collins, Frida Kahlo
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Characters that live their lives without consideration of what is expected of them as women
Your favorite painter?: Francis Bacon
Your favorite musician?: At the moment, playing The Gloaming alot
The quality you most admire in a man?: Integrity
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Integrity
Your favorite virtue?: Integrity
Your favorite occupation?: Drinking wine and talking about the world with good friends
Who would you have liked to be?: Wholesome
Your most marked characteristic?: Passion for many things
What do you most value in your friends?: Loyalty and patience with me
What is your principle defect?: Lack of empathy and patience with my own and other people's shortcomings
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Never having a family of my own
What would you like to be?: Loved
What is your favorite color?: I agree with Proust here too, though I may not have put it so well... Beauty lies not in colors but in their harmony
What is your favorite flower?: An Iris, after my grandmother and for that reason alone
What is your favorite bird?: A Robin
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Brian O' Nolan
Who are your favorite poets?: I'm sadly lacking in knowledge of poetry
Who are your heroes in real life?: Jan van Toorn
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Frida Kahlo
What are your favorite names?: Spike and Iris
What is it you most dislike?: Sadness
What historical figures do you most despise?: In 2017 we are making some doozies so let's see how they go down in history first
What event in military history do you most admire?: I'm not educated enough to answer
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Inner peace
How would you like to die?: Peacefully surrounded by those who loved me and some person(s) who can comfort me about passing
What is your present state of mind?: I'm in a moment of transition and I'm on the cusp of making peace with that
What is your motto?: Endeavour to be the best version of yourself and hope for the best

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