They’ll help me dump a body off the turnpike.
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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Honesty, trustworthiness, and a deep understanding of emotions.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 9 April 2025 source ↗
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