Proust Questionnaire: Connie's answers

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On Wed, 06 Apr 16 20:27:00 UTC Connie answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To be without faith and hope.
Where would you like to live?: overlooking a lake without risk of flooding
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: to be in awe and appreciation of everything
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: to enjoy dark chocolate to the point of addiction
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Anne Shirley, for her intelligence and appreciation of all things simple
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Queen Victoria, Winston Churchill, Mothe Teresa
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Same as Proust.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Claire Randall Fraser of Outlander, for the reasons Proust explains in his answer
Your favorite painter?: Monet, for his simplicity
Your favorite musician?: Emily and the Moon
The quality you most admire in a man?: Compassion
The quality you most admire in a woman?: intelligence
Your favorite virtue?: Humility
Your favorite occupation?: writer
Who would you have liked to be?: Queen Victoria
Your most marked characteristic?: strength in adversity
What do you most value in your friends?: Their ability to leave me alone when I wish to be left alone
What is your principle defect?: inpatience
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: to lose faith and hope
What would you like to be?: myself
What is your favorite color?: green, the colour of life and rejuvenation after a long winter
What is your favorite flower?: ranunculus
What is your favorite bird?: Canada goose, as they mate for life and will not leave each other's side
Who are your favorite prose writers?: anyone Canadian, the Confederation Poets
Who are your favorite poets?: Bliss Carman and William Butler Yeats
Who are your heroes in real life?: My late husband
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Queen Victoria
What are your favorite names?: I dislike mine, but would prefer Hope or April
What is it you most dislike?: Two faced people
What historical figures do you most despise?: Adolf Hitler and his counterparts
What event in military history do you most admire?: Canada's Dieppe raid...and the bravery those young men faced
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Medium
How would you like to die?: loved and satisfied
What is your present state of mind?: at peace, though grieving, but at peace that all is well and will be well
What is your motto?: At this moment, all is well

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