Proust Questionnaire: Clark Langridge's answers

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On Sat, 19 Mar 11 20:54:14 UTC Clark Langridge (32) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Betrayal by those you love and trust
Where would you like to live?: In this moment
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To feel that you lack for nothing
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Pride
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Those who
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Hannibal, Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūbi, Max Planck
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Mothers, teachers
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Those who are strong while still being feminine
Your favorite painter?: Bev Doolittle
Your favorite musician?: Ian Tyson, Stan Rogers
The quality you most admire in a man?: Sincerity, reliability, sense of honour
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Sincerity, reliability, gentleness
Your favorite virtue?: Patience
Your favorite occupation?: Learning, facts as well as about others
Who would you have liked to be?: Question cannot be answer: how can I know that I would like to be someone else unless I am already them?
Your most marked characteristic?: I don't know
What do you most value in your friends?: Reliability
What is your principle defect?: Impatience with others, especially when they just don't seem to be able to get something I'm trying to explain to them
What is your favorite color?: I have to agree with Proust: Beauty lies not in colours but in their harmony
What is your favorite flower?: Dandelions
What is your favorite bird?: Magpies
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
Who are your favorite poets?: Kipling, Robert Service
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: All the ones who refused to believe they couldn't do something because they were a woman
What is it you most dislike?: When people assume that everyone is just like them
What historical figures do you most despise?: Chamberlain
What event in military history do you most admire?: Battle of Cannae
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: To draw
How would you like to die?: At peace
What is your present state of mind?: Tired

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