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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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