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On Fri, 31 Dec 10 05:18:43 UTC Lainey (38) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To have no hope
Where would you like to live?
Somewhere colder
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To be surrounded by my loving family
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Laziness
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
The ones who are flawed
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Cleopatra, my own ancestors, Hamilton
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Michelle Obama, the artists and writers I follow, my friend Cole
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Those who defy the categories
Your favorite painter?
Gwyneth
Your favorite musician?
Ani
The quality you most admire in a man?
Humor
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Irreverence
Your favorite virtue?
Forging one's own path
Your favorite occupation?
Reading,creating, writing
Who would you have liked to be?
Marie Curie
Your most marked characteristic?
Loyalty
What do you most value in your friends?
A sense of adventure
What is your principle defect?
Laziness
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To have never known the love of my children
What would you like to be?
A crazy, irreverent cat lady
What is your favorite color?
Turquoise
What is your favorite flower?
Gerbera daisy
What is your favorite bird?
Hawk
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Jeanette Winterson, Margaret Atwood
Who are your favorite poets?
Langston Hughes, Frost, Dickenson, Mary Oliver
Who are your heroes in real life?
Cole, my mom, all women out there who work so much harder than I do to keep it together
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Marie Curie, Cleopatra, Margaret Sanger
What are your favorite names?
Fusty old names like Lilac, Olive
What is it you most dislike?
Intolerance
What historical figures do you most despise?
The list seems overwhelming
What event in military history do you most admire?
The sacrifices of so many nameless people
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Charm and a higher metabolism
How would you like to die?
Surrounded by loved ones and content with my life
What is your present state of mind?
Contented
What is your motto?
Just keep swimming

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