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On Mon, 22 Apr 13 18:47:38 UTC Fritha Grey answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
- Uselessness, hopelessness
- Where would you like to live?
- In a small town but with access to both city and country
- What is your idea of earthly happiness?
- A good book and a cup of tea by the fire on a rainy afternoon, after a morning of hard work
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
- Those I don't have
- Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
- Benedict (Much Ado About Nothing), Jake Stonebender (per Spider Robinson)
- Who are your favorite characters in history?
- Those who are as honest about their faults as their virtues
- Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
- Eleanor Roosevelt, Queen Elizabeth ( I and II )
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
- Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, Edda Burber
- Your favorite painter?
- Vincent Van Gogh, John Singer Sargent
- Your favorite musician?
- Mozart, Grieg, Prokofiev
- The quality you most admire in a man?
- Gentle courage
- The quality you most admire in a woman?
- Strength
- Your favorite virtue?
- Honesty, persistance
- Your favorite occupation?
- Gardening and cooking what I grow
- Who would you have liked to be?
- I am content to be myself (better the devil you know...)
- Your most marked characteristic?
- Grace (I hope)
- What do you most value in your friends?
- Generosity of spirit
- What is your principle defect?
- Unreasonableness and a vile temper
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
- Uselessness, helplessness
- What would you like to be?
- Quixotic
- What is your favorite color?
- What he said
- What is your favorite flower?
- Fragrant, purple ones
- What is your favorite bird?
- On my plate: braised turkey. On the "hoof": California Quail
- Who are your favorite prose writers?
- Jonathan Swift, Spider Robinson
- Who are your favorite poets?
- Dorothy Parker, Wordsworth
- Who are your heroes in real life?
- Winston Curchill
- Who are your favorite heroines of history?
- Queen Boudicca
- What are your favorite names?
- Amanda, Anna, David, Serenity, William, Vernon, in no particular order
- What is it you most dislike?
- Dishonesty posing as virtue
- What historical figures do you most despise?
- Adolph Hitler
- What event in military history do you most admire?
- I am not adequately educated in this area to voice an opinion
- What natural gift would you most like to possess?
- Charisma
- How would you like to die?
- Very old and thoroughly spent
- What is your present state of mind?
- Equinamity, subject to change without notice
- What is your motto?
- Luceo non uro
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