Cry For Help Quotes

“But there's no joy at all, people say "Oh well he's drunk and happy let him sleep it off"--The poor drunkard is *crying*--He's crying for his mother and father and great brother and great friend, he's crying for help. (p.111)”
― Jack Kerouac, Big Sur

“She said Mom closed up the house one day, turned the oven on full, and sat by its open door. Apparently it's still a Cry For Help, even though our oven's electric.”
― D.B.C. Pierre

“I think he needs help.

It's hard to help those who don't want to help themselves.

Someone who wants to help himself is possibly not the one who most needs help from others.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

“Uncle Bob was about to kill the lot of us, screaming about how unfair it was to play poker with a bunch of mutants with supernatural gifts. I felt the name-calling was a not-so-silent cry for help, but he refused to agree to therapy. Donovan offered to roofie him, so that was nice. I shook my head, though. He'd totally arrest us all. Especially me.”
― Darynda Jones, Summoned to Thirteenth Grave

“I played back every empty sigh, every night I slept alone, and saw what I never wanted to see before - a lost girl crying out to me for help. I just noticed too late.”
― Ashley D. Wallis, Sometimes

“Getting through time was rather the problem. The cry of 'Help me!' — but there was no one there.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

“A shout for help isn’t always a cry of pain; sometimes it is a hymn of praise.”
― Joyce Rachelle

“I called Eli. I asked him to come save my life.”
― Hannah Lillith Assadi, Sonora

“Pride or shame? What's the difference?”
― Arti Manani, Seven Sins

“Troubled and confused teenagers use suicide to cry out for help. The ideation sets them up for the act of crying out to everyone in their environment that something is wrong”
― Sara Niles, The Long Suicide: Losing Ariel

“I wish people would stop misquoting me, or worse yet make up quotes and attribute them to me, on the internet. On Goodreads I can't even note on the false quote of "Evil cannot create..." to let people know I did not say that.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“True care is proactive, not reactive. Not everyone struggling can find the strength to ask for help. Sometimes, it’s up to you, the helper, to notice and step in. You don’t need permission to be someone’s light in their darkest moments, sometimes, you just have to shine. Not every struggle comes with a cry for help. When someone is drowning in silence, it’s up to you to throw the lifeline they’re too afraid to request. Sometimes, it’s up to you to hear what isn’t being said.”
― Carson Anekeya