„And if you ever need a friend then you got me And in the end, when I die, would you watch me? And if I try suicide, would you stop me? Would you help me get a grip or would you drop me?“

„Billy Budd: You didn't even hate him. I think that sometimes you hate yourself. I was thinking, sir, the nights are lonely. Perhaps I could talk with you between watches when you've nothing else to do.
Claggert: Lonely. What do you know of loneliness?
Billy Budd: Them's alone that want to be.
Claggert: Nights are long. Conversation helps pass the time.
Billy Budd: Can I talk to you again, then? It would mean a lot to me.
Claggert: Perhaps to me, too. [His expression suddenly sours] Oh, no. You would charm me too, huh? Get away.“

—  Peter Ustinov English actor, writer, and dramatist 1921 - 2004

Billy Budd (1962)

„You know, those parlor tricks would be much more impressive if they actually helped me. (Danger)
I wanted to see what you had in you. (Alexion)
Piss and vinegar. Next time you don’t help me, I’ll unleash it fully against you. (Danger)“

—  Sherrilyn Kenyon Novelist 1965

Source: Sins of the Night

„I wish I could tell my parents, " If you want to help me, help me die.“

—  Julie Anne Peters American writer 1952

Source: By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

„Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.“

—  Anne Lamott Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist 1954

„No, you don’t need to help me. But if you don’t, there’s nothing stopping me from calling you up again and again, now that I know you can’t kill me. Think of it as me leaning against your Heavenly doorbell… forever.“

—  Cassandra Clare, The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

„This book is dedicated to all of my friends who helped me get to where I am today - you know who you are…. and when I find you I am going to kill you.“

—  Lewis Black American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic and actor 1948

Nothing’s Sacred (2005)

„Do you remember what you said to me once? That you could help me only by loving me? Well-you did love me for a moment; and it helped me. It has always helped me.“

—  Edith Wharton, book The House of Mirth

Source: The House of Mirth

„You know what would help the instruction form? Verbs! Verbs would be nice! Because they help you get to the end of a thought!“

—  Lewis Black American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic and actor 1948

Taxed Beyond Belief (2002)

„p>Can you help me
Can you let me go
And can you still love me
When you can't see me anymore? The fire fades away.</p“

—  KT Tunstall Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist 1975

"Other Side of the World".
Eye to the Telescope (2004)

„I tried very hard. But I can't help it. The Fates are cruel. They sent you to me, my brave one, knowing that you would break my heart.“

—  Rick Riordan, book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

„First you buy me a mocha. Then you let me help you hide a body. Now you take me to a biker clubhouse. Best. Day. Ever.“

—  Kelley Armstrong Canadian writer 1968

Source: Omens

„If you knew someone who was terminally ill and in grave pain, would you participate in an assisted suicide? I would.“

—  Chris Cornell American singer-songwriter, musician 1964 - 2017

Chris Cornell official Twitter, April 18, 2009, http://archive.is/kqUNK, no https://twitter.com/chriscornell/status/1552596343,
Chris Cornell official Twitter, April 18, 2009, http://archive.is/3yjSP, no https://twitter.com/chriscornell/status/1553316027,
On depression and suicide

„I'm not gonna help nobody get something my negroes don't have. If I'm gonna die, I'll die now right here fighting you, if I'm gonna die. You my enemy. My enemies are white people, not Viet Congs or Chinese or Japanese. You my opposer when I want freedom. You my opposer when I want justice. You my opposer when I want equality. You won't even stand up for me in America for my religious beliefs, and you want me to go somewhere and fight, but you won't even stand up for me here at home.“

—  Muhammad Ali African American boxer, philanthropist and activist 1942 - 2016

Regarding the Vietnam War and conscription (1967) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeFMyrWlZ68

„Between the age of eighteen and twenty I had attained a conscious and constant union with the divine Presence and … I had done it all alone, with absolutely nobody to help me, not even books, you understand! When I found one — I had in my hands a little later Vivekananda's Raja Yoga — it seemed to me so wonderful a thing, you see, that someone could explain something to me! This made me gain in a few months what would have perhaps taken me years to do.“

—  The Mother spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo 1878 - 1973

As quoted in "Paris (1897-1904)", and in Bulletin, Volume 53 by the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education (Pondicherry, India) http://books.google.co.in/books?id=VMzWAAAAMAAJ

„Help me find a way to pass the time Everybody tellin' me life's short, but I wanna die Help me find a way to make you mine Everybody tellin' me not to, but I'm gonna try Now I'm gettin' high again, tonight“

—  Lil Peep American rapper 1996 - 2017

Song ​The Brightside, Album: Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1

„And you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you.“

—  Denis Johnson

Jesus' Son

„If you can show me how I can cling to that which is real to me, while teaching me a way into the larger society, then I will not only drop my defenses and my hostility, but I will sing your praises and help you to make the desert bear fruit.“

—  Ralph Ellison American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer 1914 - 1994

"What These Children Are Like" (1963), in The Collected Essays, ed. John F. Callahan (New York: Modern Library, 1995), p. 555.

„They oughtta give me the Wurlitzer Prize
For all the silver I let slide down the slot.
Playin' those songs sung blue
That help me remember you.
I don't wanna get over you.“

—  Waylon Jennings American country music singer, songwriter, and musician 1937 - 2002

The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You) (1977).
Song lyrics

„Seems to me-" Lee said, feeling for the words, "seems to me the place you fight cruelty is where you find it, and the place you give help is where you see it needed….“

—  Philip Pullman English author 1946

Source: His Dark Materials Trilogy: The Golden Compass / The Subtle Knife / The Amber Spyglass