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On Mon, 11 Jan 16 16:50:15 UTC David (24) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
- A meaningless, bureaucratic, banal life
- Where would you like to live?
- In a library with fine wine and good music
- What is your idea of earthly happiness?
- A good book, great music, quiet, and solitude
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
- Laziness
- Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
- Heroes of epic poems, outsiders
- Who are your favorite characters in history?
- Solon, Milton, Jesus, Plotinus
- Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
- Mothers, sisters, friends
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
- Women possessed of an unceasing intellect
- Your favorite painter?
- Rembrandt
- Your favorite musician?
- D'Angelo
- The quality you most admire in a man?
- Compassion, intelligence
- The quality you most admire in a woman?
- Gentleness, nurtute, intelligence
- Your favorite virtue?
- All virtues
- Your favorite occupation?
- Writing prose, researching, dreaming
- Who would you have liked to be?
- Solon, or St. Paul
- Your most marked characteristic?
- Intelligence
- What do you most value in your friends?
- Intelligence, depth
- What is your principle defect?
- Impatience
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
- A life of banality
- What would you like to be?
- The best of myself
- What is your favorite color?
- Blue
- What is your favorite flower?
- All
- What is your favorite bird?
- Cooper's hawk
- Who are your favorite prose writers?
- Cormac McCarthy, Frederick Buechner, James Joyce, Borges
- Who are your favorite poets?
- Milton, Ovid
- Who are your heroes in real life?
- Marilynne Robinson, Frederick Buechner, Franz Kafka
- Who are your favorite heroines of history?
- Queen Amina
- What are your favorite names?
- All names
- What is it you most dislike?
- My own lies and deceits
- What historical figures do you most despise?
- Hitler and white supremacists
- What event in military history do you most admire?
- The Yoruba slave wars
- What natural gift would you most like to possess?
- Charm
- How would you like to die?
- The how of death is immaterial
- What is your present state of mind?
- Fatigued
- What is your motto?
- Trust.
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