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On Tue, 14 Aug 12 11:41:27 UTC Subhartho (26) 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 a dream; to be bereft of love
Where would you like to live?
Where no one lives
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To be in love with love itself, to want less of the earth and lesser of earthly happiness.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
To err in innocence
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Those who transcend beyond that cage of fiction and influence someone real.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
People who have a personal history and have also made history. E.g: Rilke
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
A woman who doesn't believe her own genius
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Those who let their lovers carry them away
Your favorite painter?
Rothko
Your favorite musician?
Silence. (Because it's from silence that all sounds originate)
The quality you most admire in a man?
His understanding of himself. (Or at least the pursuit of that understanding)
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Her understanding of herself. (Or at least the pursuit of that understanding)
Your favorite virtue?
To not take one's own virtue too seriously
Your favorite occupation?
The occupation that doesn't remain to be occupation for too long and soon becomes obsession.
Who would you have liked to be?
Being and remaining as the sheer self is a challenge already. Ergo, I would like to be me.
Your most marked characteristic?
Responding to beauty. (all other characteristics are acquired).
What do you most value in your friends?
Perspective
What is your principle defect?
The inability to translate love from all signs and languages
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To be a beggar of dreams
What would you like to be?
'Myself' is already a hard thing to be.
What is your favorite color?
Orange
What is your favorite flower?
Virginity
What is your favorite bird?
Charlie Parker
Who are your favorite prose writers?
I'm trying to be just that.
Who are your favorite poets?
Rilke
Who are your heroes in real life?
Sad poets who are now dead
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Women who fell for reckless lovers without ever turning back or without ever tallying the consequences.
What are your favorite names?
Surnames. Surnames tell a story. Names tell nothing.
What is it you most dislike?
A question too early to answer.
What historical figures do you most despise?
None
What event in military history do you most admire?
Independence struggles
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
a supernatural gift, if at all. (A man has no right to ask for a 'natural' gift. That's unnatural).
How would you like to die?
Alone and sitting up.
What is your present state of mind?
Annoyance at having to think about myself in order to answer these questions
What is your motto?
"Don't ever have a motto. They are either foolish, shallow, or are just meant to sound good"

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