Proust Questionnaire: Luísa's answers

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On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:46:36 UTC Luísa (22) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: The complete inability to be happy.
Where would you like to live?: At the moment: Stockholm, New York or Paris.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: An united family, a small (yet consistent) group of friends, an enormous pile of books to read, more movies than i could ever see and a ticket for unlimited travels around the world
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Procrastination and lie ( in case of need).
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Poirot, Mr. Darcy, Tristram Shandy, The Little Prince.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Napoleon Bonaparte, Fernando pessoa, Julius Cesar, Queen Victoria, Peter V (portuguese monarch),,,
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: The feminists who faught in the past for the rights i have in the present
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Elizabeth Bennet, Jo March, Becky Sharp, Catherine Earnshaw
Your favorite painter?: Marc Chagall and Botticelli. But i've recently become very keen on Dali's work too.
Your favorite musician?: Yann Tiersen and Craig Armstrong (among many many others).
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intelligence, honesty and morality.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligence, honesty and morality.
Your favorite virtue?: Integrity.
Your favorite occupation?: Daydreaming, writing, watching movies and traveling.
Who would you have liked to be?: A better version of myself.
Your most marked characteristic?: Daydreaming and making sarcastic remarks unwittingly.
What do you most value in your friends?: The small details.
What is your principle defect?: Fear of change and lack of self trust.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To feel trapped and/or losing everyone i love.
What would you like to be?: Again, A better version of myself.
What is your favorite color?: Blue, purple, white...it depends on my mood.
What is your favorite flower?: Orchid.
What is your favorite bird?: Blackbird.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Jane Austen, Steven Saylor, Agatha Christie, Joanne Harris and Alexandre Dumas (both of them).
Who are your favorite poets?: Fernando Pessoa and Goethe.
Who are your heroes in real life?: My parents.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Woman who were ahead of their time.
What are your favorite names?: Laura for girls, Miguel (portugues) for boys.
What is it you most dislike?: Hypocrisy.
What historical figures do you most despise?: Salazar, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini.
What event in military history do you most admire?: The end of wars and the arrival of peace.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Play the piano and speak a lot of different languages.
How would you like to die?: In my sleep, with no regrets.
What is your present state of mind?: Pensive.
What is your motto?: "As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live."

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