I honestly don’t have a particular fear. We must live life without limits, and fear can become a limit.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2013 source ↗
The question
What do you fear most?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
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I honestly don’t have a particular fear. We must live life without limits, and fear can become a limit.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2013 source ↗
I’m from Birmingham. I’m not afraid of things. Things are afraid of me.
I don’t even voice them. Perhaps the books are my outlet here.
The loss of anything, be it a loved one or a faculty—my sight, hearing, or mind.
Turning into my father.
Sometimes I follow my instincts more than my reason.
I would like to be less impulsive.
I’m defined as a very strong woman. I don’t identify myself with a specific figure, but I do greatly admire people who manage to persevere with humility through great difficulties.
I don’t like false or opportunistic people.
The ability to be themselves rather than hiding behind a mask.
Happiness is a journey that depends solely on ourselves. We should be grateful to life because so much that it has in store for us will be marvelous and we have the good fortune to live it.
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