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On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:39:56 UTC maxie (20) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
not fulfilling what i most desire
Where would you like to live?
where i will be the most serene
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
travels, discovering the world whether through journeys or through books and art
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
those of people who could not have prevented these faults
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
flawed heroes who do not necessarily have great values praised by mainstream society but to whom you can relate with
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Mahomet, Gandhi
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
a woman of great knowledge and humility
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
women i could never be
Your favorite painter?
da vinci
Your favorite musician?
mozart
The quality you most admire in a man?
intelligence, serenity, moral strength and tolerance
The quality you most admire in a woman?
intelligence, charism, generosity
Your favorite virtue?
loyalty (to others but mostly to oneself)
Your favorite occupation?
reading, listening music, dreaming
Who would you have liked to be?
someone of determining influence into one's life (a great teacher whom you can consider as a role model just like i have had in my childhood)
Your most marked characteristic?
a duality between what some people mifht think i am and what i really am
What do you most value in your friends?
loyalty, honesty and fun
What is your principle defect?
not pushing myself to realize what i the most ardently desire, lack of self-confidence which pushes me to hate myself
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
to be born in a place where life would be decided by extremists
What would you like to be?
someone else, someone more than i am
What is your favorite color?
everyone of them as long as it fits in
What is your favorite flower?
a free one, a flower you can have access just by being out there
What is your favorite bird?
eagle
Who are your favorite prose writers?
szweig, tolkien, balzac
Who are your favorite poets?
shakespeare, musset, apollinaire
Who are your heroes in real life?
monsieur vion (history teacher), a friend called Laurene for she, as young as she is, has what i'm still trying to acquire
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
rosa parks
What are your favorite names?
depends on time, place and people
What is it you most dislike?
me currently
What historical figures do you most despise?
hitler, thatcher
What event in military history do you most admire?
coming in of americans in normandy
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
charism, forgiveness
How would you like to die?
having fulfilled my life, older, better and surrounded
What is your present state of mind?
disappointment about myself
What is your motto?
carpe diem

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