Proust Questionnaire: Veronique's answers

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On Mon, 06 Jan 14 17:06:39 UTC Veronique (18) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Knowing or believing that what you truly want is impossible.
Where would you like to live?: I would like to have my own country with laws based on what I see working in other countries.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: I don't think it's in a specific circumstance; it's about my mindset and outlook on life.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Laziness
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Dr. Watson and Batman, but I consider Batman to be real.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Nearly every person, even the bad ones, interests me, so I can't pick a favourite.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: I've come to the odd realization that I generally don't admire women, despite being one. I suppose I like anyone who is confident without being arrogant, someone who tries to do the right thing no matter how hard it is.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: I find it difficult to like or relate to women in fiction. One I like is Valancy Stirling from The Blue Castle. She overcomes her obstacles because she abandons her fear of what others may think of her.
Your favorite painter?: I think it's unfair to choose a favourite artist when they all have very different styles, and none can be called better than all others.
Your favorite musician?: Vivaldi
The quality you most admire in a man?: The right balance between strength and emotion
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Confidence
Your favorite virtue?: Empathy
Your favorite occupation?: Sleeping because my ideas come from dreams
Who would you have liked to be?: I would have liked to be myself exactly but without anxiety or whatever weird issue is limiting me.
Your most marked characteristic?: I don't show others how I feel. I can't express negative emotions unless the person I'm with makes themself more vulnerable than I am
What do you most value in your friends?: Loyalty, I suppose, but I've never had a friend like that.
What is your principle defect?: I don't do things when I can't be exceptional at them
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To lose everything you take for granted all at once
What would you like to be?: I would like to be able to create in real life everything I have created in my mind
What is your favorite color?: I like any sort of blue-green
What is your favorite flower?: I like red poppies. The kind associated with remembrance day
What is your favorite bird?: I like all birds
Who are your favorite prose writers?: C. S. Lewis, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Bodie Thoene, and Lucy Maud Montgomery
Who are your favorite poets?: Kipling and Robert Frost
Who are your heroes in real life?: Good, unselfish people.
What are your favorite names?: David, Jack, Isaac, Adam, Jonah, and Eve
What is it you most dislike?: Ignorance without the desire to fix it
What historical figures do you most despise?: I don't despise people; I try to understand them.
What event in military history do you most admire?: The taking of Vimy Ridge by the Canadians, when no one else could do it
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Musical talent
How would you like to die?: I would like to be murdered for doing something so right that someone couldn't tolerate it.
What is your present state of mind?: Thoughtful.
What is your motto?: I don't exactly have a motto, but I live by the idea that there are no varying degrees of right and wrong. Everything is black and white. If you don't do the thing that is most right, what you do is wrong.

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