Proust Questionnaire: Brynlea's answers

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On Sun, 21 Aug 16 14:23:37 UTC Brynlea (17) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: My failed attempt at suicide
Where would you like to live?: Alone in the mountains with a good friend who plays Scrabble and reads
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Knowing the meaning of life, and living it
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Hypersensitivity and impulsive behavior; caring about what other people think of me
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Big Bird, and all of the characters in A Wrinkle in Time
Who are your favorite characters in history?: St. Ann, St. Augustine, St. Francis of Assissi
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Good teachers and good mothers
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Anna Karenina and Marcia Brady
Your favorite painter?: Pollack
Your favorite musician?: Wynton Marsalis and all things jazz
The quality you most admire in a man?: Ethical backbone
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Ethical backbone
Your favorite virtue?: Honesty
Your favorite occupation?: Writing, Introspection, and living up to my parents' high expectations
Who would you have liked to be?: A better me
Your most marked characteristic?: I observe everything and seek to make sense of it all
What do you most value in your friends?: Loyalty and intellect
What is your principle defect?: Self doubt and sarcasm
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: I can think of none other than never having been
What would you like to be?: A writer
What is your favorite color?: True black
What is your favorite flower?: Lilacs and forget me nots
What is your favorite bird?: The humming bird and the male cardinal
Who are your favorite prose writers?: L'Engle, Austen, and Chopin
Who are your favorite poets?: cummings, Pablo Neruda, and Frost
Who are your heroes in real life?: My parents
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: All of the saints and sinners
What are your favorite names?: Anything Irish, except Grania
What is it you most dislike?: Hypocrisy
What historical figures do you most despise?: Hitler and James Jones
What event in military history do you most admire?: The storning of the Bastille
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Abundant kindness
How would you like to die?: I will never die
What is your present state of mind?: Frustrated
What is your motto?: Everthing matters

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