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On Sun, 11 Oct 15 11:34:38 UTC MsAPH (21) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Complete and utter loneliness.
Where would you like to live?
Not in any single place, across the world.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Love, acceptance, and peace. Also lots of good food, and travel.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Intense paranoia.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Sherlock Holmes, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, Fox Mulder, and any other male character who is not portrayed as 'perfect', or 'ideal'.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Nikola Tesla, Jeremy Bentham, Genghis Khan, and Julius Caesar.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
My mother, and other examples of strong, powerful, and independent women.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Elizabeth Bennet, Jo March, Ipek, Mariam and Laila.
Your favorite painter?
Vincent van Gogh.
Your favorite musician?
The Beatles.
The quality you most admire in a man?
Intelligence, loyalty, honesty, and a sense of humour.
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Intelligence, honesty, and a sense of humour.
Your favorite virtue?
Honesty.
Your favorite occupation?
Reading, eating, listening to music, and travelling.
Who would you have liked to be?
Myself, but probably about 20 or so years ago.
Your most marked characteristic?
Intelligence, and cynicism.
What do you most value in your friends?
Loyalty, and to be respected.
What is your principle defect?
Being too paranoid and pessimistic about the future.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To have been born twenty years after I was.
What would you like to be?
Someone who can actually make a change.
What is your favorite color?
Black.
What is your favorite flower?
Lilies.
What is your favorite bird?
Eagles.
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Umm, as of now Khaled Hosseini, Fyodor Dostoevsky, George Bernard Shaw, and Jhumpa Lahiri. The list constantly changes.
Who are your favorite poets?
P. B. Shelley, William Wordsworth, John Keats, and Vikram Seth, to name a few.
Who are your heroes in real life?
My mother, and my maternal grandfather.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Joan of Arc, Cleopatra.
What are your favorite names?
My own, I guess.
What is it you most dislike?
Pretending to be someone that you're not.
What historical figures do you most despise?
To be honest, perhaps Mahatma Gandhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru.
What event in military history do you most admire?
Indian independence.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
To be able to read others' minds.
How would you like to die?
Having been loved, and happy.
What is your present state of mind?
Chaotic.
What is your motto?
Carpe diem.

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