Proust Questionnaire: Erin's answers

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On Thu, 02 Jul 15 22:55:11 UTC Erin (46) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Unrequited love
Where would you like to live?: In the mountains of North Carolina
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: A cozy home surrounded by flowers and love and books
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Aloofness and isolation
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Lara and Yuri
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Cicero Catherine the Great
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Women who work to heal minds, bodies and souls
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Mary Magdalene, Amelia Bedilia
Your favorite painter?: Miro, Chagall
Your favorite musician?: Amy Winehouse, Dave Brubeck, Chopin
The quality you most admire in a man?: The ability to listen and discern while maintaining courage of conviction
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Grace through wisdom and experience without being jaded by truth
Your favorite virtue?: Loyalty
Your favorite occupation?: Student
Your most marked characteristic?: Impatience/empathy
What do you most value in your friends?: Courage and love
What is your principle defect?: Too reliant on outside perceptions of my value
What is your favorite color?: Periwinkle
What is your favorite flower?: Blue delphiniums
What is your favorite bird?: Bluebirds
Who are your favorite poets?: John Clare, Auden, Byron
Who are your heroes in real life?: Julia Child my father
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Catherine the Great, Anne of Cleeves
What are your favorite names?: Philippe, Mary Margaret
What is it you most dislike?: Wasting time
What historical figures do you most despise?: All dictators and despots
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: To sing
How would you like to die?: After a long talk with my lover and we've both fallen asleep..
What is your present state of mind?: Cautiously optimistic
What is your motto?: Life's too short

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