Proust Questionnaire: Vickie's answers

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On Thu, 02 Feb 17 19:48:03 UTC Vickie answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: The loss of someone you love
Where would you like to live?: Anywhere where there is peace and quiet
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To be surrounded by nature with a lot of audiobooks and those I love
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Too many to name since I have lost so much
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Those who have lived their life in truth and honesty, free of false pretenses
Who are your favorite characters in history?: The great leaders of the Native American populations and those who tried to protect them
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Women who made the arduous jounry west to start a new life
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Those who stand by their men yet not afraid to voice their own opinions
Your favorite painter?: Michelangelo
Your favorite musician?: Again too many to name
The quality you most admire in a man?: Genuine intelligence and chivalry
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligence and courage
Your favorite virtue?: Patriotism
Your favorite occupation?: Travelling
Who would you have liked to be?: The one that invents time travel
Your most marked characteristic?: A need to help the world
What do you most value in your friends?: Loyalty
What is your principle defect?: Being a perfectionist
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To have never been loved
What would you like to be?: I am forced to be me because no one else will take the job
What is your favorite color?: I have no favorite color because color doesn't make something beautiful
What is your favorite flower?: Rose
What is your favorite bird?: Eagle
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Those from the Romantic Era
Who are your favorite poets?: Vikki Pettersson and James Patterson
Who are your heroes in real life?: My grandfather and my parents
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Princess Diana
What are your favorite names?: Mine because it means 'victorious'
What is it you most dislike?: My recent loss of my sight
What historical figures do you most despise?: Andrew Jackson
What event in military history do you most admire?: The Nez Perce leading the US cavalry on that 1300 mile mountain chase
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Being humble
How would you like to die?: With the knowledge that I have lived my life to its fullest potential
What is your present state of mind?: Like Proust, annoyed at these questioons
What is your motto?: Live Free or Die Hard

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