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Criss Jami

Historical coordinate: c. 2011 AD · Approximate author period, documented activity in 2011. Salomé: In Every Inch in Every Mile — edition catalogue. Catalogue identifies Criss Jami, a 2011 CreateSpace edition and ISBN 9781983682148; edition corroborated by Books-A-Million. This documents a writing period, not a quotation's source. This is NOT the composition date of every attributed quotation. Source: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL39982262W/Salom%C3%A9 (accessed 2026-10-08).

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 2011 AD

The devil's happy when the critics run you off.

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02c. 2011 AD

I am thankful when I am hungry because then I know that when I eat, the food will taste better. Life has taught me that my true contentment rests in hope, and the pleasure itself is secondary. It is self-awareness, not happiness, that maintains peace.

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03c. 2011 AD

Happiness is good, but well-overrated: what we hate most are the very motivators that put us in gear. A man drifts along with little to contribute until something agitates him enough to make a difference, whether for himself or for his communities.

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04c. 2011 AD

Imagination doesn't always make you long for what you cannot have, but rather thrive in what you do not have.

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05c. 2011 AD

I enjoy melancholic music and art. They take me to places I don't normally get to go.

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06c. 2011 AD

Respect? Of course, always, to all, because everything seems funnier when you're trying to show respect.

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07c. 2011 AD

If the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness rather than make itself happy, then the entire world would be happy.

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08c. 2011 AD

Ultimate prosperity is one's value within. It takes a man of depth, morality, and charm to be envied yet without a sign of wealth or romance. A passion to prove such inner worth is his permission to achieve whatever he desires.

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09c. 2011 AD

Love is one of those topics that plenty of people try to write about but not enough try to do.

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10c. 2011 AD

I would rather my descendants have greater abilities and a greater knowledge of the love of Christ than I do, much like standing on one's shoulders in order to get a clearer view of the valley.

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11c. 2011 AD

With no positivity, there is no hope; with no negativity, there is no improvement.

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12c. 2011 AD

It is ignorance that is at times incomprehensible to the wise; for instance, he may not see 'the positive person' or 'the negative person' in such a black and white way as many people do. A wise man may not understand it because, as a catalyst of wisdom, but not always wise in his own eyes, even he can learn from and give back to fools. To think that an individual has absolutely nothing to offer to the table is counter-intuitively what the wise man considers to be 'the ignorance of hopelessness'.

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13c. 2011 AD

Through Christ, the sting of death is but a gentle pinch to the soul; and the mourn is light. Perhaps, someday, in that glorious place, free of sin, we shall meet again.

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14c. 2011 AD

For those constantly full of joy, they sometimes feel a little guilty for always feeling so good. That guilt is compassion: it flies in with an attempt to share one's joy with others who do not have it.

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15c. 2011 AD

The power of hope! Even a lack of ambition can, for a time, pay off as a necessary facet, as long as hope outweighs it.

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16c. 2011 AD

There is a certain delightful sort of hope which the introvert can receive only by having company over...the hope that they will leave soon.

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17c. 2011 AD

The idea that all souls are mortal is the only notion surely terminating love and all its forms.

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18c. 2011 AD

A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.

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19c. 2011 AD

Anger's like a battery that leaks acid right out of meAnd it starts from the heart 'til it reaches my outer me

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20c. 2011 AD

Songwriting and poetry are so commonly birthed from underdogs because one can make even the ugliest situations admirable, or more beautiful than the beautiful situations - they are the most graceful media in which the lines of society are distorted.

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21c. 2011 AD

Oh I know it's cliché but yeah they say that great men make it in-To places few others who even do take the risk've ever been

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22c. 2011 AD

There have been times I've felt so much art in my soul I grew sick of artists.

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23c. 2011 AD

I fall asleepCall it deep while all is well be-Cause my life seems like a freestyle mean-While asleep on the couch I dream it's a written piece and nowThe symphony's soundingShouting out to these feet whose leaps feel foul but quite loudBut howI'm allowed to live my dreamsMy Chimeran team brings the Siberian breedRiding reality free 'til these tires they freezeIn mires in dire need of wires, fire and heat butI love a dark, hard cold heart in the wintery breeze

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24c. 2011 AD

You ask me why I don't speakNot a word at willBut write so much worth well over a mill'Well I value words like I value kissesA sober one, a closer one penetrates the heartDarling it's how it mends it

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