“I have never experienced a sorrow that was not relieved by an hour of reading.”
“I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve”
“I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.”
“I've never known any distress that an hour's reading didn't relieve.”
“I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.”
“I realize that long hours of reading are not for every one but I have never ceased to be grateful that they are for me.”