<p>Book: “The Plague” by Albert Camus
Memento: themed mixed tapes (with original artwork) from friends
Movie: Alm</p>
<p>
I lol’ed at this. Good choice. :)</p>
<p>Book: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Best book I’ve ever read.
Website: Wikipedia. I’m such a terrible academic. 
Recording: Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley
Source of Inspiration: Nick Vujicic. Most amazing human being I’ve ever met.
Line: "No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true. Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Movie: Fight Club
Keepsake: Guitar pick
Word: Defenestrate. I still can’t believe this word exists in the English language. :)</p>
<p>book: The Little Prince !
movie: The Patriot
website: sporcle.com alll dayyyyyy<3
source of inspiration: silence
adjectives: electric, passionate
keepsake: grammar school yearboook
word: peculiar
recording: I Will Be Here by DJ Tiesto and Sneaky Sound System (Wolfgang Gartner Radio Edit) —> Look it up guyssss =]
quote: “People never think anything is anything really” -holden caulfield from the catcher in the rye [= (even though i hate the book, love the quote)</p>
<p>TED! I mentioned it on another one of my apps :)</p>
<p>bump… :D</p>
<p>Website: XKCD.com</p>
<p>^damn you. <em>changes site</em></p>
<p>Is it okay if I put more than one book? It’s hard to choose…</p>
<p>Movie: Big Fish
Website: The Sartorialist
Recording: Le Festin - Camille
Keepsake: Minnie mouse ears from Disneyland, Paris
Inspiration: People
Word: Serendipity
Quote: “The anesthetizing influence of habit having ceased, I would begin to have thoughts, and feelings, and they are such sad things.” - Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way</p>
<p>favorite recording- “Lemonade”-Gucci Mane</p>
<p>Favorite website: CokeMachineGlow.com</p>
<p>I’m sure it’s been answered several times on this thread (I’m not usually this lazy), but are you guys explaining * any * of your short answers? For example, for favorite word or favorite memento, is an explanation necessary? Does Princeton expect us to explain?</p>
<p>Idk, COULD be, but I figure the tiny box meant it was supposed to be just the response. Like I said “my cheesy [blank]” for one answer, but didn’t go beyond that.</p>
<p>Book: The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Website: [WordReference</a> Forums](<a href=“http://forum.wordreference.com%5DWordReference”>http://forum.wordreference.com)
Recording: Viva la Vida by Coldplay (relates to an essay on my application)
Source of Inspiration: a plane ride
Adjectives: promethean, sanguine
Word: Somnambulatory
Quote: “It is a capital mistake to develop a premature hypothesis in the absence of hard data.” -Still Life with Crows by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child</p>
<p>Good luck to all :)!!!</p>
<p>@ccuser18, i put a small explanation for all of my answers</p>
<p>how about “It’s a trap!” for a favorite quote? I’m thinking of putting that one (from Star Wars of course)</p>
<p>Recording?</p>
<p>I thought it meant album…
It means song?</p>
<p>Haven’t sent yet!</p>
<p>I’ve been going back and forth…serious and truthful vs. funny
I meeeeeaaan, how much is this really factored in.
I’ve put a couple of slightly smart-alec answers…
Favorite word: favourite
Two adjectives: perfect, humble
Favorite Website: commonapp.org</p>
<p>I dunno though. I put those in really late one night when I was sick of college apps haha
I’ll probably keep the favorite word and change website and adjectives</p>
<p>I love all the responses here :)</p>
<p>Book: Lolita
Movie: For Horowitz (do you think it’s wise to put down a Korean movie that adcoms will know nothing about? Or maybe one of them is Korean…)
Website: [Pandora</a> Radio - Listen to Free Internet Radio, Find New Music](<a href=“http://www.pandora.com%5DPandora”>http://www.pandora.com)
Adjectives: vivacious, driven
Recording: Martha Argerich’s “Jeux D’eau”
Memento: my beautiful violin, Izzy
Inspiration: Chopin
Word: Idyllic
Quote: “We could’ve all been killed - or worse, expelled.” Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (XD)</p>
<p>I like my answers, and they are very true. :P</p>
<p>Book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Movie: Donnie Darko
Recording: I Miss You - Blink-182
Word: Cellar door (yes I know it’s two, but I don’t care)
Quote: “We were infinite.” Perks of Being a Wallflower
Inspiration: A Colorado sunset
Memento: First Green Day concert ticket
Website: icanhascheezburger.com
Adjectives: expressive, weird</p>