Proust Questionnaire: S. M. A. Armstrong's answers

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On Mon, 29 Oct 12 06:11:29 UTC S. M. A. Armstrong (21) 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 senses: sight, touch, hearing, et cetera
Where would you like to live?: In a place where solitude and company are equally attainable
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To live in peace, with a garden, friends, and literature for company
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: To delay the inevitable
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Those who are persistent while facing great adversity
Who are your favorite characters in history?: A mixture of ancients: King Solomon, Odysseus, Marcus Aurelius, and John the Apostle
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: A woman devoted to those who treat her justly
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Those who are feminine and strong, but know the power of humility
Your favorite painter?: Van Gogh
Your favorite musician?: Des Prez
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intelligence, moral sense, and humility.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligence, moral sense, humility, and tenderness
Your favorite virtue?: Charity transcends all creeds
Your favorite occupation?: Reading, dreaming, and writing
Who would you have liked to be?: If I had been Bonnie Prince Charles, I would have succeeded in taking the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Your most marked characteristic?: A tendency towards leading others
What do you most value in your friends?: The capacity to listen attentively
What is your principle defect?: To speak when silence may be better
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To have never known my family
What would you like to be?: To fully meet my ideal
What is your favorite color?: I have no favorite color just as I have no favorite tone
What is your favorite flower?: Tulips
What is your favorite bird?: The mockingbird
Who are your favorite prose writers?: At the moment, J. K. Huysmans and Thomas Pynchon
Who are your favorite poets?: Baudelaire, Borges, Eliot, Rimbaud, and Thomas
Who are your heroes in real life?: At the moment, my professors
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Jeanne d'Arc
What are your favorite names?: It would be easier to say what names aren't my favorite
What is it you most dislike?: My poor posture
What historical figures do you most despise?: Any cruel tyrants; I can tolerate the liars
What event in military history do you most admire?: The Battle of Gravelines
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Proust's irresistible charm
How would you like to die?: At ease with myself, with loved ones near
What is your present state of mind?: Tired from a long day
What is your motto?: My maxims are secret

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