The Proust Questionnaire
A form of attention.
Answered without intent to explain.
1. Your favorite virtue
Imagination.
2. Your favorite qualities in a man
Kindness, intelligence, honesty, loyalty.
3. Your favorite qualities in a woman
The same.
4. Your favorite occupation
Seeking beauty and harmony in the world around me. Being in awe.
5. Your chief characteristic
Kindness.
6. Your idea of happiness
A quiet life shared with those I love, attentive to light, routine, and presence.
7. Your idea of misery
Losing hope.
8. Your favorite color and flower
Royal blue. Jasmine.
9. If not yourself, who would you be
My cat, Rio.
10. Where would you like to live
By water, in a place that allows slowness.
11. Your favorite prose authors
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Mona Chollet, Marcel Proust.
12. Your favorite poets
Charles Baudelaire, Guillaume Apollinaire, Jacques Brel.
13. Your favorite painters and composers
Painters: Johannes Vermeer, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Pierre-Joseph Redouté.
Composers: Max Richter, Ludovico Einaudi.
14. Your favorite heroes in real life
I don’t know.
15. Your favorite heroines in real life
Simone Veil, Catherine Dior, Colette.
16. Your favorite heroes in fiction
Bruce Wayne, Matt Murdock.
17. Your favorite heroines in fiction
Adèle Blanc-Sec, Beth Harmon.
18. Your favorite food and drink
Homemade fries. Moroccan mint tea.
19. Your favorite names
Old or forgotten French names.
20. Your pet aversion
Dishonesty.
21. What characters in history do you most dislike
There are far too many.
22. What is your present state of mind?
Attentive.
23. For what fault do you have the most tolerance?
Ignorance.
24. Your favorite motto
I don’t have one.
Léonce.
