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On Wed, 02 May 18 22:28:31 UTC JohnDoe (35) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Losing those you love
Where would you like to live?
On a tree facing the ocean
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Peaceful existence with those you love and all around you
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
To a life deprived of what provides me earthly pleasures
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Ahab
Who are your favorite characters in history?
All historical men are sterile
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
My mother
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
All the ghosts in Pedro Páramo
Your favorite painter?
Francis Bacon
Your favorite musician?
Too many to name
The quality you most admire in a man?
Dignitiy, moral sense
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Dignity, moral sense
Your favorite virtue?
Humanness
Your favorite occupation?
Listening to music and swimming in the ocean
Who would you have liked to be?
A sailor speaking only the language of silence and carrying home in the heart
Your most marked characteristic?
Humanness. Sometimes jealousy
What do you most value in your friends?
Willingness not to judge
What is your principle defect?
Jealousy
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Illness
What would you like to be?
Something better and free
What is your favorite color?
Blue
What is your favorite flower?
All
What is your favorite bird?
Blackbird
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Herman Melville, Juan Rulfo, Knut Hamsun, W. G. Sebald
Who are your favorite poets?
Derek Walcott and A. R. Ammons
Who are your heroes in real life?
My parents
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Joan of Arc
What are your favorite names?
I don't put much thought into it
What is it you most dislike?
Hypocrisy
What historical figures do you most despise?
Dictators and fascists
What event in military history do you most admire?
The end of all wars past and to come
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Charm
How would you like to die?
A better man than I am, and much beloved
What is your present state of mind?
Not good
What is your motto?
There's no motto when everything is changing

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