Proust Questionnaire: JennyLynn's answers

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On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:37:27 UTC JennyLynn (23) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To live unloved
Where would you like to live?: In a place where the sand and the sky meet at the sea
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To live in contact with those I love, with the beauties of nature, with a quantity of books and music, and to have, within easy distance, a decent bar or pub (slightly altered from Proust's own answer)
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: literary romance
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: the expression of an ideal rather than an imitation of the real -Proust
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Fitzgerald's Amory Blaine, the young Egotist
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: the ones who stand for something relevant
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: the Greek goddesses
Your favorite painter?: modern? Bertrand
Your favorite musician?: it varies from mood to mood
The quality you most admire in a man?: I most admire a man who is unaffected by the opinions of others
The quality you most admire in a woman?: comfort in her skin
Your favorite virtue?: patience
Your favorite occupation?: Dreaming and loving. What else is there?
Who would you have liked to be?: I would have liked to be taller
Your most marked characteristic?: the unsatiable desire to be loved
What do you most value in your friends?: understanding
What is your principle defect?: I'm too quickly annoyed these days
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To never have known the people I've grown to love to fiercely
What would you like to be?: Myself- as those whom I admire would like me to be - Proust
What is your favorite color?: Today, there's something especially beautiful about the blue-grey of the sky
What is your favorite flower?: All
What is your favorite bird?: Bluejay
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Kerouac
Who are your favorite poets?: Hemingway
Who are your heroes in real life?: I couldn't say for sure
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Joan of Arc
What are your favorite names?: Good ones
What is it you most dislike?: People staggered by their own fear
What historical figures do you most despise?: Hitler
What event in military history do you most admire?: The moment my parents met
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Charm, charm, charm!
How would you like to die?: Quietly
What is your present state of mind?: annoyed. Quite.
What is your motto?: Remember to have enough tolerance for two

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