Proust Questionnaire: Helen's answers

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On Thu, 16 Dec 10 07:47:22 UTC Helen (32) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: to become what your ennemies like to think you are
Where would you like to live?: in my world, where things don't work quite the same way
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: to find balance between indulgence and constrain
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: to none
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Like Sherlock Holmes, those who have flaws to match their genius
Who are your favorite characters in history?: I can favor only those, whose character didn't allow them to access fame
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: those who fight fate in ordinary lives
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Like Elizabeth Bennet, those who have such characters as to make us truly love them like friends
Your favorite painter?: George Braque
Your favorite musician?: It's the cellist!
The quality you most admire in a man?: bravery
The quality you most admire in a woman?: integrity
Your favorite virtue?: patience and tolerance
Your favorite occupation?: reading
Who would you have liked to be?: myself again, better
Your most marked characteristic?: contradictory through and through
What do you most value in your friends?: loyalty
What is your principle defect?: awkwardness and leaziness
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Losing the ones one loves
What would you like to be?: a craftman
What is your favorite color?: I don't favor colors, but I've always loved the sound of cyan
What is your favorite flower?: I don't favor flowers, but when asked this question I always think of heliotrope
What is your favorite bird?: I don't favor birds, but my favorite word is "Hibou", owl in French
Who are your favorite prose writers?: All those who write prose that catches my attention
Who are your favorite poets?: Beaudelaire, Apollinaire
Who are your heroes in real life?: Those many ones who keep their virtues under circumstances which would make me lose mine
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Aung San Suu Kyi
What are your favorite names?: My favorite nouns are hibou, morrow, bonbon, crocodile...
What is it you most dislike?: inconsistency
What historical figures do you most despise?: I suspect all who have made it to History
What event in military history do you most admire?: israeli soldiers who refuse to serve
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: sociability
How would you like to die?: in good health
What is your present state of mind?: introspective
What is your motto?: work for a lot, work for free, never work for cheap

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