Proust Questionnaire: Ghyles's answers

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On Sat, 25 Apr 15 11:34:30 UTC Ghyles (31) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Losing someone dear
Where would you like to live?: New York
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Being in good health , Surrounded by the ones I love and no financial worries
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: I don't know, I forgive easily but not when people "hit below the belt "
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: The Princess of Clèves, Michael Tolliver
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Yves Saint Laurent, Hadrien, Marie Antoinette
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: My mother and women in general
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Women, around the world, still struggling.
Your favorite painter?: Velasquez, Carravagio, Frans Hals, Van Dyck, Manet, Degas, Lautrec, Rothko, Kelly, Nicolas de Stael
Your favorite musician?: Mozart, Bach
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intelligence, humour, handsomeness , wit, creativity
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Natural , femininity, freshness, wit
Your favorite virtue?: The Elegance of the Heart
Your favorite occupation?: Being crafty , hunting for images
Who would you have liked to be?: Not who, but what. Someone more confident I guess
Your most marked characteristic?: Need to be loved and appreciated, paired w a need to be alone
What do you most value in your friends?: Care , reliability, honesty
What is your principle defect?: Disheartened easily
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Grew up in Algeria and not coming to France
What would you like to be?: A good designer
What is your favorite color?: blue
What is your favorite flower?: Peonies, Hanoi ranonculus, White roses, lilies
What is your favorite bird?: Toucan
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Brett Easton Ellis , duras
Who are your favorite poets?: Baudelaire, Musset, Aragon, Eluard, du Bellay, Reverdy
Who are your heroes in real life?: People fighting for survival or freedom
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Marie Antoinette
What are your favorite names?: Constantin, Darius, Ari, Réda, Gregoire, Charles....
What is it you most dislike?: Being my own worst enemy
What historical figures do you most despise?: Dictators, Mass Murderers
What event in military history do you most admire?: Napoleonian battles
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Fitness !
How would you like to die?: In peace , and with my loved ones around
What is your present state of mind?: Restless
What is your motto?: Et in Arcadia Ego

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