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On Sat, 11 Jul 15 15:20:48 UTC bookloverva (58) 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 a child
- Where would you like to live?
- In a land where people are moved more by compassion than by self-service
- What is your idea of earthly happiness?
- The presence of my family, the sound of lapping water, fresh, clean air, a comfortable chair, and an unlimited supply of books.
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
- anger in defense of others
- Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
- Those who stand up to evil and oppression
- Who are your favorite characters in history?
- The unsung. The men and women who quietly raised children who were smarter, heathier, and more compassionate than themselves.
- Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
- Mothers.
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
- Those who stand up to evil and oppression
- Your favorite painter?
- Any child who loves to paint
- Your favorite musician?
- Street performers
- The quality you most admire in a man?
- compassion
- The quality you most admire in a woman?
- compassion
- Your favorite virtue?
- compassion
- Your favorite occupation?
- reading, activitism
- Who would you have liked to be?
- Myself at 12, with the wisdom (such as it is) that I have at 58
- Your most marked characteristic?
- Patience - and impatience. I am always one or the other
- What do you most value in your friends?
- compassion
- What is your principle defect?
- impatience
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
- To have had a different family
- What would you like to be?
- Remembered
- What is your favorite color?
- Orange. And yellow. Sometimes green.
- What is your favorite flower?
- Peonies
- What is your favorite bird?
- the hummingbird
- Who are your favorite prose writers?
- From which era?
- Who are your favorite poets?
- American
- Who are your heroes in real life?
- Activists
- Who are your favorite heroines of history?
- Women who insisted upon education, and a life undependent upon men
- What is it you most dislike?
- intolerance
- What historical figures do you most despise?
- Oppressors
- What event in military history do you most admire?
- Ceasefires
- What natural gift would you most like to possess?
- compassion
- How would you like to die?
- at peace
- What is your present state of mind?
- impatience
- What is your motto?
- Better to err on the side of compassion than suspicion
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