Proust Questionnaire: RHCdG's answers

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On Tue, 16 Jun 15 01:12:59 UTC RHCdG (52) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To lose my place on earth
Where would you like to live?: Right here, with frequent travels
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To enjoy good foods and conversation
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Sinking away, regressing
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Cowboys, criminals, outcasts, anti-heroes
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Nietzsche, Deleuze, Spinoza, Bergson
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: My mother, G
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Kate Winslet at the end of No Country for Old Men
Your favorite painter?: Matisse
Your favorite musician?: Miles Davis
The quality you most admire in a man?: Ability to treat women with dignity
The quality you most admire in a woman?: To be all those things men project in them, and be both selfless and proud about it
Your favorite virtue?: To embrace life
Your favorite occupation?: Writing, which is also what I dread most
Who would you have liked to be?: Any accomplished artist
Your most marked characteristic?: Balancing a-social and a-moral behavior with a sense of humor and friendliness
What do you most value in your friends?: Sincere interest in my endeavours and well-being
What is your principle defect?: To overcome myself
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To become sick or injured and not being able to fulfill my desires
What would you like to be?: A father--which may not happen
What is your favorite color?: Blue, the color of the sky and of the sea
What is your favorite flower?: I like the red color of poppies
What is your favorite bird?: Blackbird, I like to sing with them
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Vestdijk
Who are your favorite poets?: Arjen Duinker
Who are your heroes in real life?: I am my own hero, my own example
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Joan of Arc, but only in Falconetti's version
What are your favorite names?: None in particular
What is it you most dislike?: Being too late
What historical figures do you most despise?: Adolf Hitler
What event in military history do you most admire?: The DeWitt brothers' actions in 1672
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Irresistable charm (Proust) sounds good, I'd like that
How would you like to die?: In the company of the one I love most
What is your present state of mind?: Stoic
What is your motto?: Ecce homo

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