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On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:48:02 UTC Linda (23) answered the Proust Questionnaire:
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
- rape
- Where would you like to live?
- in a cozy apartment on the Campo dei Fiori in Rome, or in Trastevere (still in acozy apartment)
- What is your idea of earthly happiness?
- completely free time
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
- well intentioned ones
- Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
- Levin from Anna Karenina, Hector from the Illiad
- Who are your favorite characters in history?
- I find the Tudors pretty fascinating...
- Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
- women who are happy and can think of their happiness as a result of their woman-ness rather than a triumph over it
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
- Penelope of the Odyssey, Lily Bart from the House of Mirth, Janie Starks from Their Eyes were Watching God,
- Your favorite painter?
- Chagall
- Your favorite musician?
- I don't have one
- The quality you most admire in a man?
- kindness
- The quality you most admire in a woman?
- loyalty
- Your favorite virtue?
- compassion
- Your favorite occupation?
- loving someone, eating
- Who would you have liked to be?
- Earnest Hemingway
- Your most marked characteristic?
- compassion
- What do you most value in your friends?
- humor and understanding
- What is your principle defect?
- lack of a work ethic
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
- to have my brother die or be very unhappy/ to be barren
- What would you like to be?
- more decisive, confrontational, determined. less confused, lazy, generally sloppy
- What is your favorite color?
- green
- What is your favorite flower?
- no idea
- What is your favorite bird?
- for the book... mockingbird
- Who are your favorite prose writers?
- Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Wharton, Steinbeck
- Who are your favorite poets?
- Eliot
- Who are your heroes in real life?
- people who are happy in their real life
- Who are your favorite heroines of history?
- Queen Elizabeth
- What are your favorite names?
- Caterina, Luca, Davide, Anais
- What is it you most dislike?
- self pity, meaness, violence
- What historical figures do you most despise?
- Hitler
- What event in military history do you most admire?
- liberation of the concentration camps
- What natural gift would you most like to possess?
- to sing like mama cass, irresistable charm
- How would you like to die?
- some way a bit tragic, I think
- What is your present state of mind?
- anxious, lazy, confused
- What is your motto?
- You win some, you lose some
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