Proust Questionnaire: Ellen's answers

On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:28:42 UTC Ellen (48) 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?: Ireland, maybe Spain
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Free time with the ones I love, outdoors in the sunshire
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Charlotte
Your favorite painter?: Carl Larsson
Your favorite virtue?: Compassion
Your favorite occupation?: Reading with my daughters by the water
Your most marked characteristic?: Pragmatism
What do you most value in your friends?: Intelligence wed with kindness
What is your principle defect?: An unwillingness to confront
What would you like to be?: Relaxed and creative
What is your favorite color?: Turquoise
What is your favorite flower?: Lupines
What is your favorite bird?: Carolina Wren
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Thomas Friedman
What are your favorite names?: Aliza and Morgan
What is it you most dislike?: Selfishness
What historical figures do you most despise?: Dick Cheney, the Russian tsars
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: The ability to sing
What is your present state of mind?: Hopeful

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