“At twenty I tried to die
And get back, back, back to you.
I thought even the bones would do.”

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American poet, novelist and short story writer 1932–1963

Jack Finney book From Time to Time

Source: From Time to Time (1995), Chapter 20 (p. 212)

“… When I get you back, I’m gonna put that necklace back around your neck and pin you.” He tries to hold my eyes with his own. 'Like the 1950s.”

Jenny Han book P.S. I Still Love You

Source: P.S. I Still Love You

“Yotsuba: I’ll get revenge! … I’m going!

Jumbo (in a suffering manner): Yotsuba… please, come back alive…

Yotsuba (heroic): Alright. Even if I die… I’ll come back alive.

—–Yotsuba!”

Kiyohiko Azuma (1968) Japanese manga artist

Source: Yotsuba&!, Vol. 03

“When I was a younger man,
Got lucky with a rock 'n' roll band,
Struck gold in Hollywood,
All the time I knew I would
Get back to the country,
Back where it all began.
Get back to the country,
Back in the barn again.”

Neil Young (1945) Canadian singer-songwriter

Get Back To The Country
Song lyrics, Old Ways (1985)

“I flipped back through the pad of paper while I thought about what Stephen Hawking would do next.”

Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

“I will get back on my feet even if I am knocked down’. For that, you need to know what all might knock you down and where would you fall.”

Divya S. Iyer (1984) Indian bureaucrat

Source: Quoted in Insights in India https://www.insightsonindia.com/2014/07/27/knowledge-is-power-a-guide-to-upsc-exam-preparation-by-divya-s-iyer-ias/

“Back in those days, when I heard a mod that was better than mine I went back to the drawing board and tried to figure out how this sound was made and how the idea was thought up. I still think this way.”

Jesper Kyd (1972) musician

Amiga Music Preservation interview, 2006

“To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.”

Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray

Variant: I wish you would tell me your secret. To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray