“I seek occasional relief in old books. They help me tell the transient from the enduring.”

“What do I have
to help me, without spell or prayer,
endure this hour, endless, heartless, anonymous,
the death of love?”

Carol Ann Duffy (1955) British writer and professor of contemporary poetry

“Can I see another's woe,
And not be in sorrow too?
Can I see another's grief,
And not seek for kind relief?”

William Blake On Another's Sorrow

“The books that have helped me most are the ones I reacted to, not just read”

Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader

“I am ever living to help and guide all who come to me, who surrender to me and who seek refuge in me.”

Sai Baba of Shirdi (1836–1918) Hindu and muslim saint

“When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.”

Michel De Montaigne book Essays

“HOLLY: Are you suggesting I occasionally stray from the rule book?
FOALY: No. I'm suggesting you do not own a copy of the rule book, and if you do, you have certainly never opened it.”

Eoin Colfer (1965) Irish author of children's books

“Occasionally I talk with people who see doctors as people who do nothing but give of themselves and never receive from anyone else – especially not from their patients. That is totally false. The longer I remain in my profession, the more I realize how much I receive from those who come to me for help.”

Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon

“I can make affirmation; I can say "So help me God, I will tell the truth."”

William Jennings Bryan (1860–1925) United States Secretary of State

“Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, and I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby