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On Wed, 10 Dec 14 21:06:58 UTC Marie-Pierre Adam (27) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Te realise one day that the world before my eyes was all a lie...
Where would you like to live?
Everywhere and anywhere I will be with him. Let it be in a extreme.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Food I love, music that moves me, combine with amazing conversations with the one I love, about secrets and the unknown.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
To be disillusioned and realist to a point of stagnation. The "what is the use" syndrome.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Winston form 1984 by Orwell and the unnamed father from The Road by McCarthy. They do what needs to be done, always lead by a solid principle and their undeniable humanity.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Plato, that open for me the door to philosophy. Paul-Émile Borduas for his tranquil revolutionary ideas.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Jana Sterbak for her guts. Marguerite Bourgeoys qui incarne l'éducation francophone de mon pays !
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Tank Girl because she represents pure courage and loyalty. Alice in her Wonderland, she represents curiosity, a trait I wish to hold on to my whole life.
Your favorite painter?
Martin Bureau. Kent Monkman. Magritte. Tousignant. Newman. Riopelle. To many to count.
Your favorite musician?
Tom Waits. The Mars Volta. Nirvana. André Fortin des Colocs. Janis Joplin. Queen. Styx. Supertramp. To many to count.
The quality you most admire in a man?
Intelligence. Humour. Honesty. Sincerity.
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Intelligence. Humour. Honesty. Sincerity.
Your favorite virtue?
Authenticity. The strength it takes to always be true to yourself with others will take you closer to your universal truth.
Your favorite occupation?
Hoping, day-dreaming, making food, listening (to music, to the stories of others), watching (nature, paintings, art, movies and films), trying so hard to create.
Who would you have liked to be?
Would have like to be a better me, certainly a more creative me. A less worried me.
Your most marked characteristic?
The undeniable need to express myself and to be loved anyway.
What do you most value in your friends?
Their mind, their love.
What is your principle defect?
Being frozen by fear of being wrong, being in the unknown, being unloved or even hated. Which translate to crippling inactivity.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To wake-up and realise the best part of me and my life was all a dream or worst, a lie. To realise I was lied to you without me realizing it.
What would you like to be?
I would like to be free from fear so that I can be creative once again.
What is your favorite color?
Blood red.
What is your favorite flower?
Lilacs for their perfume. Red roses for their symbolism. Orchids for their aesthetics. Apple Blossoms for their ephemerality.
What is your favorite bird?
The Puffin. Owls.
Who are your favorite poets?
Émile Nelligan. Charles Beaudelaire.
What are your favorite names?
Raphael. Daphnée. Céleste. Oxana. Thierry.
What is it you most dislike?
Pain of the heart. Not knowing and knowing I know nothing.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Will power. Good answer Proust !
How would you like to die?
In love.
What is your present state of mind?
I have to act. Right now. No more waiting.
What is your motto?
Fuck this shit ! (Coming from my ever pressing sense of justice) or --- I can do it and I can do it better.

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