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What is your idea of perfect happiness?

166 answers answered between 1999 and 2026 one of 5 in The Proust Questionnaire

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Probably being granted all-access to a Disney theme park with my husband, David, and a group of close friends—and just us—while we wandered and drank tropical tiki drinks. No judgment, no lines, no bad weather, and no hangovers. Oh, and our twins would be there too, but only when they’re happy and meltdown-free. I guess the same would go for David.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 17 February 2015 source ↗
Zadie Smith Novelist and essayist
Reading quietly, in high grass, among loved ones (who are also quietly reading). Followed by a boozy lunch.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 4 November 2016 source ↗
Being together with the ones I love on a Wednesday afternoon, washing the dishes, taking the garbage to the bin under a gray sky, hearing the distant sounds of children from upstairs, turning around and suddenly looking into the eyes of the one I love. It is the feeling of being alive I’m talking about. And of being in love.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 29 December 2017 source ↗

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