Proust Questionnaire: Taylore Dawn's answers

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On Tue, 23 Aug 11 20:38:51 UTC Taylore Dawn (18) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Unhappiness and despair.
Where would you like to live?: In the city of Paris, or the the city of New York, or in the English countryside.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To love and be loved; to have one's dreams and desires fulfilled. To be on with nature. To understand and be connected with my own soul. To be understood.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Vanity.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Men of bravery and compassion, intelligence and inner beauty; those who overcome obstacles to become who they are. Edward Rochester, Newland Archer.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Cleopatra,
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: A brave, loving, caring woman. A mother of greatness. A woman of genius. A woman who is herself.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Jane Eyre, Ellen Olenska. Woman who are smart an brave and do not let men dictate their lives.
Your favorite painter?: Vincent Van Gogh, Monet.
Your favorite musician?: Bach, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Elliott Smith.
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intelligence, compassion, morality, and wit.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligence, respect for herself, individuality, free will.
Your favorite virtue?: The good ones.
Your favorite occupation?: Reading, writing, dreaming, swimming, and laughing.
Who would you have liked to be?: I feel like there is no one I could have been. Perhaps no one I deserve to be.
Your most marked characteristic?: A craving to be respected and admired. A need to learn.
What do you most value in your friends?: Love, care and respect; amicability.
What is your principle defect?: Weakness and ill-temper.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Never to have known love or kindness or understanding.
What would you like to be?: A better, more confidant version of myself.
What is your favorite color?: A shade of blue I don't know the name of.
What is your favorite flower?: the Hydrangea and the Rose.
What is your favorite bird?: the Flamingo.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: At the moment, a friend of mine. I cannot think of others right now.
Who are your favorite poets?: Keats, Shakespeare, EE Cummings, Poe, Frost, Pablo Neruda, Oscar Wilde, Fernado Pessoa, Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, Lord Byron.
Who are your heroes in real life?: Anderson Cooper. Mr Kasper (teacher).
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Joan of Arc, Cleopatra, Rosa Parks.
What are your favorite names?: Ones that are not my own. Cecelia, Blair, Emily, Tallulah, Scarlett, Clemence, Rose, Briony; Edward, Henry, Charles, George, William, Natahaniel.
What is it you most dislike?: My bad qualities. Ignorance and prejudice.
What historical figures do you most despise?: Those who have committed deeds I find despicable.
What event in military history do you most admire?: Joan of Arc. Otherwise, I do not care for military work at all.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Charm, will power, and confidence.
How would you like to die?: A happier, better person who is loved and appreciated.
What is your present state of mind?: Loneliness and wonderment and curiosity.
What is your motto?: Love and be loved; but do not make your self-worth based on other's opinions.

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