Proust Questionnaire: E's answers

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On Thu, 08 Sep 16 00:33:19 UTC E (20) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Being totally and completely subjugated, having no capacity to think or act freely.
Where would you like to live?: Somewhere calm.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Total leisure, without any stress or hostility.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: To a life of sloth.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Those who are well-rounded.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: None spring to mind.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: I can't see anyone in real life as a hero or a villain. We're all just individuals, accumulating actions, good or bad.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Those who are well-rounded.
Your favorite painter?: Bosch.
Your favorite musician?: Stravinsky.
The quality you most admire in a man?: Humility, intelligence.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligence, strength of character, wit.
Your favorite virtue?: Rationality.
Your favorite occupation?: Exploration.
Who would you have liked to be?: Someone who could experience any sort of satisfaction with their life's circumstances.
Your most marked characteristic?: A desire for independence in my actions and pursuits.
What do you most value in your friends?: The ability to have great, meaningful conversations.
What is your principle defect?: Indifference.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Lack of access to basic human needs and resources that can be used to better oneself.
What would you like to be?: Resting serenely, having achieved all of my goals.
What is your favorite color?: Burgundy.
What is your favorite flower?: White lilies.
What is your favorite bird?: The crane.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Haruki Murakami, currently.
Who are your favorite poets?: Wilfred Owen.
Who are your heroes in real life?: Anyone working hard to impact genuine, meaningful change, one way or another.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Ada Lovelace.
What are your favorite names?: Hard to say.
What is it you most dislike?: My own weakness.
What historical figures do you most despise?: Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot, Josef Stalin, Kim Il-Sung, Leopold II of Belgium, Tomas de Torquemada.
What event in military history do you most admire?: The Allied victory in World War Two.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Charisma.
How would you like to die?: Having achieved all that I set out to do, and being content with my accomplishments. Carbon monoxide poisoning, nitrogen poisoning, or a natural death.
What is your present state of mind?: Concern that my sense of self is too weak to adequately answer this questionnaire.
What is your motto?: This too will end.

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