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title: "7 Dust Return Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Dust Return quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Dust Return sayings and thoughts."
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> [Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solomon/then-the-dust-will-return-to-the-earth-as-it-was-and-the-spirit-will/)

[Solomon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solomon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/solomon-9530_dust_then-the-dust-will-return-to-the-earth-a_139707.jpg)

> [An hour-glass is a reminder not only of time's quick flight, but also of the dust to which we must at last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-c-lichtenberg/an-hour-glass-is-a-reminder-not-only-of-time-s-quick-flight-but-also/)

[Georg C. Lichtenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-c-lichtenberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/georg-c-lichtenberg-1087_dust_an-hour-glass-is-a-reminder-not-only-of_183775.png)

> [Know thy birth! For dost thou art, and shalt to dust return.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/know-thy-birth-for-dost-thou-art-and-shalt-to-dust-return/)

[John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/john-milton-191_art_know-thy-birth-for-dost-thou-art-and-sha_1734250.png)

> [We are all made from star dust and we will all return to star dust, like a cosmic palindrome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-s-king/we-are-all-made-from-star-dust-and-we-will-all-return-to-star-dust/)

[A.S. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-s-king/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/a-s-king-2293_astronomy_we-are-all-made-from-star-dust-and-we-wi_1812122.png)

> [“I realize the dust we return to is not the same dust from which we come. It is not that we come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-klein/i-realize-the-dust-we-return-to-is-not-the-same-dust-from-which-we/)

[Zoe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-klein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/854/zoe-klein-47651_ashes_i-realize-the-dust-we-return-to-is-not-t_3000171.jpg)

> [“Few indeed are those who get a choice. We do as we are told. We stand or fall beside those who were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-abercrombie/few-indeed-are-those-who-get-a-choice-we-do-as-we-are-told-we-stand/)

[Joe Abercrombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-abercrombie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/joe-abercrombie-791_choice_few-indeed-are-those-who-get-a-choice-we_3103002.png)

> [We are dust and to dust return. In the end we're neither air, nor fire, nor water, just dirt, neither more nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-neruda/we-are-dust-and-to-dust-return-in-the-end-we-re-neither-air-nor-fire/)

[Pablo Neruda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-neruda/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/pablo-neruda-435_air_we-are-dust-and-to-dust-return-in-the-en_3226085.jpg)

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