Sunday, January 15, 2017

Proust Questionnaire

What is your idea of happiness?
Reading by the sea

What is your favourite virtue?
Quietness

What do you most value in your friends?
Art of listening for the male. Confidence and humor for the women.

What is your biggest weakness?
Constant criticism

What is your most marked characteristic?
Beard and disorganised hair style

What is your idea of misery?
Losing my daughter

What is your favourite bird?
Red robin

Who are your favourite writers?
China Mieville, Philip K. Dick, Jules Vernes, J. Prevert, Henri Michaux.

Who are your favourite musicians?
Bach, Beck, Jethro Tull, Radiohead.

Who are your favourite heroes and heroines in fiction?
Hatteras, Mary Poppins.

Who are your favourite heroes and heroines in history?
Louise Michelle, Socrates, Isaac Newton, Grace Hooper.

What is your favourite food and drink?
Andouillettes. Diabolo menthe.

What event in history do you most admire?
The fall of the Berlin wall.

What social movement do you most admire?
May 1968 ... even if it failed. La commune de Paris.

What is your present state of mind?
Curious, optimistic, anxious.

Which fault in others do you most easily tolerate?
Rudeness.

Which fault in yourself do you most easily tolerate?
Extreme Introversion

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