Proust Questionnaire: Olivia Rivellini's answers

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On Sat, 12 Aug 17 02:47:58 UTC Olivia Rivellini (16) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: to not have anyone who I love in my life
Where would you like to live?: in a small house on a field in France
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: to be painting while listening to my favorite music, and to be have pride in my accomplishments
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: procrastination and misguided prioritization
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: the ones who use their cleverness, rather than strength or charm, to solve their conflict
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Frida Kahlo, Mary Edwards Walker, early feminists, Walt Whitman
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: people who learn to love themselves unconditionally and people who are very open-minded
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: the ones whose main focus was not to please others or win the heart of a man
Your favorite painter?: Frida Kahlo and Gustav Klimt
Your favorite musician?: Julian Casablancas
The quality you most admire in a man?: intelligently witty, not ashamed to show any femininity, creative
The quality you most admire in a woman?: self-confidence, ambition, genuine kindness
Your favorite virtue?: authenticity, imagination, passion
Your favorite occupation?: painting, playing my harp
Who would you have liked to be?: Leonardo da Vinci, his incredible depth of artistic skills and medical explorations
Your most marked characteristic?: the constant thought that I only really am myself in my own head and that no one knows my true self
What do you most value in your friends?: the ability to share whatever is on my mind without fear of judgement
What is your principle defect?: hypercritical, bossy, not always appropriately compassionate
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: to have been raised in a society where women cannot be educated or have a voice
What would you like to be?: a surgeon to discover ways of saving people's lives
What is your favorite color?: generally pink, but yellow has a certain unavoidable beauty
What is your favorite flower?: pink bougainvillea, it reminds me of my grandmother's garden
What is your favorite bird?: the flamingo
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Melville
Who are your favorite poets?: Walt Whitman, Shell Silverstein, Julian Casablancas
Who are your heroes in real life?: Lauren Schlageter for teaching me to be completely authentic Olivia
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Malala Yousafzai, Mary Edwards Walker
What are your favorite names?: any name that enhances the personality of its owner, also I love the name Fabrizzio/Fabrizzia
What is it you most dislike?: my frequent feelings of wanting to isolate myself completely from everyone
What historical figures do you most despise?: Besides the obvious choices, Andrew Jackson, the heads of the Holy Roman Empire, and any man in power who deprived women of education and rights
What event in military history do you most admire?: any ceasefire or armistice, considering I am a pacifist
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: the ability to never be nervous and the ability to distinguish a person's passion when first meeting them
How would you like to die?: knowing I fulfilled my potential, with someone I love dearly
What is your present state of mind?: slightly depressed that my answers are not more interesting or original
What is your motto?: All I can think of are cliches. I hate cliches.

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