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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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Every single person and living creature on the planet is safe and well nourished.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 April 2026 source ↗
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View all 158 →The very idea of perfect happiness. Who wouldn’t be happy about the proposition that happiness can be perfect?
When the coffee kicks in early in the morning and I’m on the couch with my dogs, reading the paper.
Under sail somewhere with my children, Mavis and Duncan, and my husband, Roderick, with no agenda.
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View profile →Any misfortune involving our kids. Also, I have recurring nightmares that involve being chased by people or being attacked by scary animals.
The first time Emilie and I kissed.
My wife, all those who contribute something of beauty, and scientists.
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