Knowing that each day I have lived wisely and loved well.
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
Verbatim recurring item in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Floating on my back in the ocean.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 5 March 2025 source ↗
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I have no idea what perfect happiness feels like, but I am looking forward to the experience.
Contentment with what I have.
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People-pleasing.
Anyone brave enough to truly be themselves.
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I’m terribly impatient.
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