“You'll get back to where you came from.”

“He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.”

José Rizal (1861–1896) Filipino writer, ophthalmologist, polyglot and nationalist

“I just think you people would be happier back in Africa where you came from.”

George Lincoln Rockwell (1918–1967) American politician, founder of the American Nazi Party

“If you get far enough away you'll be on your way back home.”

Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor

“Crying, waiting, hoping, that you'll come back.
I just can't seem to get you off my mind.
Crying, waiting, hoping, that you'll come back.
You're the one I love and I think about you all the time.”

Buddy Holly (1936–1959) American singer-songwriter

“Don't look back
all you'll ever get is the dust from the steps before
I don't have to see you every day,
but I just want to know youre there”

Zooey Deschanel (1980) American actress, musician, and singer-songwriter

“And it was because of their long history that he searched for something to say, something that would get them back to where they had been.

All that came to him was…”

Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist

“It felt like I'd been living underground, and for a moment, I'd been given this glimpse of the sky. Once you've seen that, how can you go back where you came from?”

Jodi Picoult book Handle With Care

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”

Terry Pratchett book A Hat Full of Sky

“As for the coldness, I have never seen it like this. I mean, coldness that makes like it wants to kill you, like it's telling you, with its snow, that you should go back to where you came from.”

NoViolet Bulawayo book We Need New Names