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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

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Eve Ensler

American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist

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In my 60s. So many things that tortured me when I was younger have fallen away. Writing The Apology, the letter I wrote in my father’s voice, apologising for abusing me, has freed me from the last vestiges of anger, confusion, rancour and hate. It released me from a frame that had determined my life.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2019 source ↗

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Simone Biles United States artistic gymnast
The Olympics: all my dreams came true in one place.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 February 2017 source ↗
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When the war was over—whichever war that was.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 1995 source ↗

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