Being with those that I love, and they have no problems.
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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.
The very idea of perfect happiness. Who wouldn’t be happy about the proposition that happiness can be perfect?
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 22 November 2023 source ↗
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Zadie Smith
Novelist and essayist
Reading quietly, in high grass, among loved ones (who are also quietly reading). Followed by a boozy lunch.
Derek Sivers
Founder of CD Baby; author of Anything You Want
I love days where I just work uninterrupted from 6am to 10pm, stopping just for a little exercise. These are my favorite days, and always have been. The more of these 16-hour workdays I have, the happier I am.
Floating in a river full of fat trout.
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View profile →The fact that, until recently, “the end of the world” would have seemed pretentious and evasive, and now seems like the only possible answer.
I’m chronically late. It’s magical thinking: I actually believe I can take a shower and get dressed in three minutes, that the train will be pulling into the station the moment I arrive….
Forbearance with my chronic tardiness.
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