Proust Questionnaire: mirabilis's answers

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On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:39:26 UTC mirabilis (48) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: to lose my kids
Where would you like to live?: near the sea
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: enjoy the love of my family , books, movies, the sea
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: minimum self confidence, fear of death
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: romantic, emotional, intelectual
Who are your favorite characters in history?: alexander the great
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: my mother
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: the timid ones who are real fighters of life
Your favorite painter?: manet
Your favorite musician?: neil young
The quality you most admire in a man?: sense of humour,inteligence
The quality you most admire in a woman?: warmth, inteligence, generosity
Your favorite virtue?: respect
Your favorite occupation?: reading, dreaming, watching movies
Who would you have liked to be?: Jacques Cousteau
Your most marked characteristic?: shyness, a tendency to cling to security
What do you most value in your friends?: genuineness, tenderness, silence when needed
What is your principle defect?: lack of self confidence
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: total luck of feeling
What would you like to be?: a braver version of myself
What is your favorite color?: whatever matches my mood, certainly not flashy
What is your favorite flower?: the one that is offered from the heart
What is your favorite bird?: the eagle
Who are your favorite prose writers?: john steinbeck, john fante
Who are your favorite poets?: k.p.kavafis
Who are your heroes in real life?: my maternal grandmother
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: aspasia, the famous hetaera
What are your favorite names?: the ones of the people I love
What is it you most dislike?: lying
What historical figures do you most despise?: hitler
What event in military history do you most admire?: alexander the great´s aornos siege
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: self confidence
How would you like to die?: quietly, quickly
What is your present state of mind?: frustrated
What is your motto?: love the others as you love yourself

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