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On Thu, 14 Jan 16 02:33:18 UTC Marie answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Rootlessness, to be without a home
Where would you like to live?
Somewhere quiet and private with a large garden
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
My family
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Procrastination
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Aragorn
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Schopenhauer, Thomas Beckett, Richard III
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Flannery O'Connor
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Jane Eyre
Your favorite painter?
Aubrey Beardsley
Your favorite musician?
JS Bach
The quality you most admire in a man?
Selflessness
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Self-possession
Your favorite virtue?
Prudence
Your favorite occupation?
Thinking
Who would you have liked to be?
I doubt anyone would truly like being anyone else, since there are just as many drawbacks to being anyone.
Your most marked characteristic?
My desire for everyone around me to be content.
What do you most value in your friends?
Honesty
What is your principle defect?
Laziness
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To lose a child.
What would you like to be?
Better
What is your favorite color?
Probably a specific shade of green.
What is your favorite flower?
Lilacs, dahlias, cabbage roses, hydrangeas
What is your favorite bird?
Hummingbirds
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Flannery O'Connor, Wendell Berry, Josephine Tey, Dorothy Sayers, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkein, Jane Austen
Who are your favorite poets?
Edna St. Vincent Millay, William Blake, A.E. Housman, Keats
Who are your heroes in real life?
My husband, my dad
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Mothers
What are your favorite names?
Pretty ones
What is it you most dislike?
Slovenliness
What historical figures do you most despise?
A high horse isn't a very safe place to sit.
What event in military history do you most admire?
The evacuation of Dunkirk.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
To be a good listener.
How would you like to die?
Quietly and prepared.
What is your present state of mind?
Trying to think of something clever to put here.
What is your motto?
One is nearer God's heart in a garden than anywhere else on Earth.

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