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On Tue, 13 Dec 16 20:47:43 UTC Msomi (24) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Consciousness in a body that cannot make sense of it
Where would you like to live?
Wherever my peace allows
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Words, loving and being loved. And the indulgence of freedom
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Procrastination, simply put.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
The ones I recognize in myself when the story isn't even in relation to my own
Who are your favorite characters in history?
So many men and women have come and gone who have touched me in ways I cannot single out.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Black women.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
I fall in love with women who steer the stories to their lives from shanty to shore
Your favorite painter?
Monet
Your favorite musician?
What an impossible question
The quality you most admire in a man?
His body
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Gentleness and intelligence and fire
Your favorite virtue?
Discernment
Your favorite occupation?
Reading, writing and suspending time
Who would you have liked to be?
Happier, but earlier.
Your most marked characteristic?
A craving to be loved, or to be more precise, to be caressed and spoiled rather than admired - Proust
What do you most value in your friends?
Empathy
What is your principle defect?
A sense of aloofness
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To have lived without having embraced what it meant
What would you like to be?
Happy still and okay with the oscillating effect
What is your favorite color?
Cerulean
What is your favorite flower?
Jasmines
What is your favorite bird?
Hummingbird
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Aldous Huxley, Albert Camus, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Pavana
Who are your favorite poets?
An impossible question but Margaret Atwood remains high up on the list.
Who are your heroes in real life?
No one and everyone
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Too many to cite but all women who have revolted against the status quo
What are your favorite names?
Khudzai, Rizaan & Iman
What is it you most dislike?
My own worst qualities - Proust
What historical figures do you most despise?
Anyone who has left the world significantly worse off
What event in military history do you most admire?
None
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Discipline of the self
How would you like to die?
Quietly
What is your present state of mind?
A fog
What is your motto?
You deserve to take space

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