When I changed the toner cartridge in my printer all on my own – that was a day of pure euphoria.
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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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In Paris and Italy, the summer after graduating from college.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2004 source ↗
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Probably as a small child in a pool in my mother’s arms.
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