Proust Questionnaire: Carolyn's answers

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On Thu, 02 Feb 17 19:51:15 UTC Carolyn (39) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: to be hated by her own children
Where would you like to live?: Haiti, where the people are poor but the scenery makes it less heartbreaking
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: in a country whose needs are greater than my own, so I don't have to think of myself
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: depending on others to make me happy and fulfill my needs
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Shakespeare's Hamlet, a man who loved his mother dearly
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Mary Magdalene
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: a teacher who advises his/her students how to live a satisfying and fulfilling life
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Shakespeare's Juliet, a woman who gave her life up twice to be with the man she loves
Your favorite painter?: Monet - who sought out each detail of each painting
Your favorite musician?: the Cranberries
The quality you most admire in a man?: unconditional love towards petty mistakes and an affection soft to touch
The quality you most admire in a woman?: common sense, honesty, and forgiveness
Your favorite virtue?: joy in working hard at whatever you do
Your favorite occupation?: helping the needy, whomever it may be - rich, poor, smart, dumb
Who would you have liked to be?: anyone but myself
Your most marked characteristic?: A demanding for the love of my friends, family, and everyone I meet
What do you most value in your friends?: laughter - if friends can't make you laugh, then what are they?
What is your principle defect?: Ultimately loving myself and wanting my children to love me more than I love them
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: losing my firstborn after his birth
What would you like to be?: God - to control everything and everyone around me
What is your favorite color?: black and white - everything should be distinctive
What is your favorite flower?: Carnations - they last longer than most flowers
What is your favorite bird?: Robins, they come back from after the winter has passed
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Not sure
Who are your favorite poets?: Not sure
Who are your heroes in real life?: People who put their lives before others and die doing it
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Not sure
What are your favorite names?: My own and my daughter's
What is it you most dislike?: people who complain when they can do something about it
What historical figures do you most despise?: Hitler
What event in military history do you most admire?: none, many people die in war
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: to love those whom I hate
How would you like to die?: quickly, so that I don't remember it
What is your present state of mind?: Confused, anxious, and tense
What is your motto?: Why I living in fear today when I might not even have tomorrow?

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