Proust Questionnaire: Carol Lacoss's answers

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On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:15:28 UTC Carol Lacoss (62) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: I hate being sick.
Where would you like to live?: In Truro, Cape Cod overlooking the bay
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: sitting by the fire with the cat in my lap reading a good book and listening to classical music, also teaching a really good class
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: I don't understand the question.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Paul D in Beloved
Who are your favorite characters in history?: John and Abigail Adams, Abraham Lincoln
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Anne Stanback, retired CT executive director of Love Makes a Family
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Elizabeth Bennett
Your favorite painter?: Edward Hopper
Your favorite musician?: Bizet (composer) - Carmen
The quality you most admire in a man?: generosity of spirit, commitment to making a difference in the world
The quality you most admire in a woman?: genersoity of spirit, commitment to making a difference in the world
Your favorite virtue?: kindness
Your favorite occupation?: reading, cooking, having friends for dinner, traveling, swimming, walking
Who would you have liked to be?: Perhaps Elizabeth Bennett
Your most marked characteristic?: observant
What do you most value in your friends?: a love of life
What is your principle defect?: sometimes being thin-skinned
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: to lose any of my friends
What would you like to be?: more physically strong
What is your favorite color?: shades of maroon, cranberry
What is your favorite flower?: peonies
What is your favorite bird?: cardinals
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Austen, Tolstoy, Toni Morrison, Barbara Kingsolver,
Who are your favorite poets?: Mary Oliver, Billy Collins
Who are your heroes in real life?: Barak Obama
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Eleanor Roosevelt
What are your favorite names?: none
What is it you most dislike?: washing the dishes
What historical figures do you most despise?: I don't think this way.
What event in military history do you most admire?: Lincoln's dedication throughout the Civel War
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: a mathematical mind
How would you like to die?: in my bed with someone holding my hand
What is your present state of mind?: surprised at some of my answers
What is your motto?: After going alone to Tanzania on a safari how hard can "that" be? and Oh, happy day!

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