Proust Questionnaire

What is your most marked characteristic?
An exceptional capacity for empathy.

What is the quality you most like in a man?
Kindness and compassion.

What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Kindness and compassion, and confidence.

What do you most value in your friends?
Honesty. I would rather have friends who tell me like it is than friends who only say nice things.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
I can never say no. I feel an obligation to everyone.

What is your favorite occupation?
Reading.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A quiet life, doing only things that make me happy and the world a better place.

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To live a life devoid of meaning.

In which country would you like to live?
I would rather be a citizen of the world, claiming allegiance to no country in particular.

Who are your favorite writers?
Salinger and Vonnegut.

Who are your favorite poets?
T.S. Eliot and Gwendolyn Brooks.

Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Holden Caulfield.

Who is your favorite heroine of fiction?
Lucy Pevensie and Charlotte.

Who are your favorite composers?
Beethoven and Mozart.

Who are your favorite painters?
Degas and Georgia O’Keeffe.

What are your favorite names?
Anything unique or old.

What is it that you most dislike?
The cruelty of humankind.

Which talent would you most like to have?
Making people feel safe.

How would you like to die?
Knowing that I have left a positive impact on the world.

What is your current state of mind?
Simultaneous bliss and panic

What is your motto?
Just be kind. You never know who is going through what at any moment in time.