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On Wed, 11 Jan 17 04:21:10 UTC Mercy (19) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Invasive and consuming self loathing and doubt -- feeling the world would be better off without me
Where would you like to live?
Here
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
A clean house, a morning without obligation, fresh air, a sudden uncontrollable urge to dance.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
All of them! Self indulgence in general, laziness, dirtiness, attachment, self doubt
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
The strong women, the mean ones, the femme fatales. Dark and dangerous and full of magic
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Eleanor Roosevelt, Empress Theodora, Frida Khalo, Kurt Vonnegut
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
My mother, Jann Wolcott, my sister, Joyce Carol Oates
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Sandra Cisneros -- all the characters who fashioned mostly from her (so all of them), Ramona Quimby
Your favorite painter?
My father
Your favorite musician?
Leonard Cohen
The quality you most admire in a man?
Humility, confidence, a sense of humor, desire for growth
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Strength, fearlessness, compassion
Your favorite virtue?
Curiosity, self love
Your favorite occupation?
Writing, loving
Who would you have liked to be?
Audrey Hepburn
Your most marked characteristic?
Passionate -- compassionate, according to others
What do you most value in your friends?
How incredibly open and shameless we are with one another
What is your principle defect?
Stubbornness, self-doubt
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To have grown up wealthy
What would you like to be?
Either a bit taller or a bit shorter, to be quite honest
What is your favorite color?
Green
What is your favorite flower?
Poppies
What is your favorite bird?
Raven
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Virginia Woolf or Kurt Vonnegut
Who are your favorite poets?
Sandra Cisneros, Rumi Kapur
Who are your heroes in real life?
My mother
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Empress Theodora, Frida Khalo, Georgia O'Keefe
What are your favorite names?
My own, Eleanor, darling, and lover
What is it you most dislike?
Feeling alone -- not feeling lonely, and not being alone -- feeling alone
What historical figures do you most despise?
Most of the ones I've learned about so far
What event in military history do you most admire?
Literally none of them
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
A glowing, indescribable, magnetic, diffusive sort of aura
How would you like to die?
In love and at peace
What is your present state of mind?
Contemplative, worried
What is your motto?
“All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured.”

ZMD

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