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On Thu, 14 Jan 16 00:35:28 UTC Benedict (38) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Sartre's 'No Exit'
Where would you like to live?
Oklahoma
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To grow old with my wife and watch our kids grow up
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
I'm not sure what this means
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Those who remain steadfast and hold to their ideals, no matter what.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Pontius Pilate, Plato, Viking Age Iceland
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Mothers
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Elizabeth Bennet?
Your favorite painter?
John Martin
Your favorite musician?
Chopin
The quality you most admire in a man?
Integrity
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Softness
Your favorite virtue?
Integrity
Your favorite occupation?
Whalers
Who would you have liked to be?
A monk
Your most marked characteristic?
Dogged persistence
What do you most value in your friends?
Loyalty
What is your principle defect?
Anger
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To die without knowing my children
What would you like to be?
A better man
What is your favorite color?
Orange
What is your favorite flower?
Marigolds
What is your favorite bird?
I don't like birds. Ducks taste good.
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Cormac McCarthy
Who are your favorite poets?
Dylan Thomas
Who are your heroes in real life?
St John Maximovitch, Elder Thaddeus, my father
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Joan of Arc
What are your favorite names?
Expressive ones
What is it you most dislike?
Tardiness, complacency, indifference, suffering
What historical figures do you most despise?
Bureaucrats
What event in military history do you most admire?
D-Day
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Physical strength
How would you like to die?
Quietly
What is your present state of mind?
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
What is your motto?
1 Corinithians 16:13

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