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On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:55:06 UTC Raven (30) answered the Proust Questionnaire:

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
The death of my children.
Where would you like to live?
In the British Isles.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
My immediate family, Christmas Day. No one else.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Selfishness
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Jane Eyre
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Elizabeth I
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
My grandmothers who taught me what not to do.
Your favorite painter?
Holbein
Your favorite musician?
Ani Difranco and Regina Spektor, Bob Dylan
The quality you most admire in a man?
Intelligence, sense of humor, patience.
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Strength, patience, intelligence.
Your favorite virtue?
The ones that do the most good, for the most people.
Your favorite occupation?
Reading, writing, drawing.
Who would you have liked to be?
Myself, with more patience and less temper.
Your most marked characteristic?
My refusal to be subordinate.
What do you most value in your friends?
Intelligence and honesty. Good hygiene is helpful as well.
What is your principle defect?
Selfishness and temper.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
If my parents had sent me to college, and I hadn't done it on my own. I wouldn't have my children now.
What would you like to be?
Rational
What is your favorite color?
Blood red, sky blue.
What is your favorite flower?
Peony.
What is your favorite bird?
Chickadees
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Tracy Chevalier, Charlotte Bronte.
Who are your favorite poets?
Donne
Who are your heroes in real life?
Jamie
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Elizabeth I
What are your favorite names?
Mom
What is it you most dislike?
Selfishness in myself and others.
What historical figures do you most despise?
Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, G.W. Bush
What event in military history do you most admire?
Those which end wars.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
An ease with myself
How would you like to die?
Very old, survived by my children.
What is your present state of mind?
Calm
What is your motto?
I've never had one.

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