Proust Questionnaire: Aoife Walsh's answers

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:39:50 UTC Aoife Walsh answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

Your most marked characteristic?: Uncertainty of my own character
What do you most value in your friends?: Empathy, brute honesty, grace
What is your principle defect?: Indecisiveness
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: The sudden death of a loved one
What would you like to be?: An artist, literary or visual
What is your favorite color?: Grey
What is your favorite flower?: Lily
What is your favorite bird?: The little ones which crowd the Luxembourg gardens
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Alice Munro, Raymond Carver, Paul Auster, F Scott Fitzgerald
Who are your favorite poets?: Gerald Manley-Hopkins, Seamus Heaney
Who are your heroes in real life?: My parents
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Joan of Arc
What are your favorite names?: Karen, my parents' names, floral names, boys' names with o in them
What is it you most dislike?: Weakness of self-control; corruption; ignorance
What historical figures do you most despise?: I can't pick just one
What event in military history do you most admire?: I can't recommend anything war-related
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Creative talent, singular vision and focus
How would you like to die?: Quietly and happily andl old
What is your present state of mind?: Boredom
What is your motto?: As I am an indecisive person, deciding on one punch line is impossible

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