the proust questionnaire 02
proust answered another questionnaire seven years later, aged twenty. similar questions yet quite different answers...a craving to be loved, or, to be more precise, to be caressed and spoiled rather than to be admired
feminine charm
a man's virtues, and frankness in friendship
tenderness - provided they possess a physical charm which makes their tenderness worth having
lack of understanding; weakness of will
loving
not, i fear, a very elevated one. i really haven't the courage to say what it is, and if i did i should probably destroy it by the
mere fact of putting it into words.
never to have known my mother or my grandmother
myself - as those whom i admire would like me to be
one where certain things that i want would be realised,
and where feelings of tenderness would always be reciprocated. [proust's underlining]
beauty lies not in colours but in thier harmony
hers - but apart from that, all
the swallow
at the moment, anatole france and pierre loti
baudelaire and alfred de vigny
hamlet
beethoven, wagner, schumann
leonardo da vinci, rembrandt
monsieur darlu, monsieur boutroux (professors)
cleopatra
i only have one at a time
my own worst qualities
i am not sufficiently educated to say
my own enlistment as a volunteer!
(no response)
will-power and irresistible charm
a better man than i am, and much beloved
annoyance at having to think about myself in order to answer these questions
those that i understand
i prefer not to say, for fear it might bring me bad luck
via chick.
