Proust Questionnaire: Nicole's answers

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On Sun, 12 Jul 15 06:09:39 UTC Nicole (14) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: to be so controlled and deceived you've forgetten what independence and truth were like
Where would you like to live?: Helios, the world in my mind
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: books, art, music, physics, mathematic
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: refusing to do (or at least, not do well) what doesn't interest me
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: those possessing incredible genius, like Sherlock Holmes
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Socrates, Aristotle, Jean-Paul Sartre
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Marie Curie
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: those possessing incredible genius
Your favorite painter?: Monet
Your favorite musician?: Beethoven
The quality you most admire in a man?: genius
The quality you most admire in a woman?: genius
Your favorite virtue?: thoughtfulness
Your favorite occupation?: thinking
Who would you have liked to be?: No one but myself
Your most marked characteristic?: independence of thought
What do you most value in your friends?: they have to be interesting in some way
What is your principle defect?: not standing up for what I believe in
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: to be so controlled and deceived you've forgetten what independence and truth were like
What would you like to be?: the best version of me
What is your favorite color?: blue
What is your favorite flower?: they all have their own charm
What is your favorite bird?: all are beautiful
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Neil Gaiman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells, Lewis Carroll
Who are your favorite poets?: I don't really read poetry
Who are your heroes in real life?: Leonard Susskind, Vincent van Gogh, Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Queen Victoria, Marie Curie
What are your favorite names?: none
What is it you most dislike?: excessive conformity, lack of independent thought
What historical figures do you most despise?: Napoleon Bonaparte
What event in military history do you most admire?: None; war is terrible
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: enormous capability of understanding
How would you like to die?: at peace with myself and the world
What is your present state of mind?: restlessness
What is your motto?: You never know

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