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On Fri, 26 Aug 16 01:32:43 UTC Mara (17) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
my parents not coming back for me
Where would you like to live?
anywhere but here
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
that doesn't exist
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
self-pity
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Colonel Christopher Brandon
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Cleopatra?
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
the ones who step up
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Pamela
Your favorite painter?
the guy who did something about a starry night?
Your favorite musician?
the last one I heard, the only one I can still hear...James, Jacob, John...Blunt?
The quality you most admire in a man?
sureness
The quality you most admire in a woman?
strength
Your favorite virtue?
decency...I suppose you should just be decent.
Your favorite occupation?
watching the birds
Who would you have liked to be?
a girl born in another time
Your most marked characteristic?
An acceptance of all--all except those who don't accept.
What do you most value in your friends?
Empathy--their ability to climb into one's skin and walk around in it.
What is your principle defect?
A bitterness that intrudes upon my heart recklessly and often.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
For the world to have never burned at all.
What would you like to be?
Someone to believe in, to see as a force to be reckoned with.
What is your favorite color?
Gray--not hopeful, but not entirely hopeless either.
What is your favorite flower?
The ones that bloom.
What is your favorite bird?
The ones that live.
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Tolstoy...maybe. It varies often.
Who are your favorite poets?
Those that write things I can comprehend.
Who are your heroes in real life?
The dark and daring ones.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Cleopatra, still. Always. She never disappeared into oblivion.
What are your favorite names?
Who has a favorite name?
What is it you most dislike?
Cowards. People who never listen.
What historical figures do you most despise?
Thomas Jefferson. Coward.
What event in military history do you most admire?
The Revolution. When man fought his own brethren and countrymen to build again--to build a nation worthy of serving.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Some shred of glamour.
How would you like to die?
In a world that won't soon forget me.
What is your present state of mind?
Tense, as always.
What is your motto?
Never fear beginning again.

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