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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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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.
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Being with my husband, David, and the boys.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 2 June 2023 source ↗
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George Saunders
Short-story writer and novelist
Being aware and accepting of whatever the state of my mind happens to be at the moment (even if that state is unhappy).
My family. Together in a room with a sax, a piano, and a Ping-Pong table.
Knowing that each day I have lived wisely and loved well.
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Dying, because I am so happy now.
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