---
title: "1 Return Earth Quotes By Joseph McElroy"
description: "1 Return Earth quotes by Joseph McElroy. Plus more from Joseph McElroy and more Return Earth sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/joseph-mcelroy-12331_earth_he-alone-can-return-to-earth-to-try-to-d_2627360.jpg"
---

> [“He alone can return to Earth to try to do something, only to find that all he can do is try to know what happened.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mcelroy/he-alone-can-return-to-earth-to-try-to-do-something-only-to-find-that/)

[Joseph McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mcelroy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/joseph-mcelroy-12331_earth_he-alone-can-return-to-earth-to-try-to-d_2627360.jpg)

## More by Joseph McElroy

> [“... people hasten to get their train, and Lar's humming of course at the premise that beyond this gone-to-pieces capability they will put themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mcelroy/people-hasten-to-get-their-train-and-lar-s-humming-of-course-at-the/)

[Joseph McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mcelroy/)

> [“You find yourself in other people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mcelroy/you-find-yourself-in-other-people/)

[Joseph McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mcelroy/)

> [“I see you moving and me here. Ever-moving. But sometimes moving in one place without ever leaving, yet knowing you could leave.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mcelroy/i-see-you-moving-and-me-here-ever-moving-but-sometimes-moving-in-one/)

[Joseph McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mcelroy/)

> [“Memory kept things from being over.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mcelroy/memory-kept-things-from-being-over/)

[Joseph McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mcelroy/)

> [“Isn't history breaking so fast that you have to anticipate it?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mcelroy/isn-t-history-breaking-so-fast-that-you-have-to-anticipate-it/)

[Joseph McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mcelroy/)

> [“... or a Buenos Aires cab's exhaust pipe? An exhaust pipe which James Mayn was once invited to screw, having asked a man on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mcelroy/or-a-buenos-aires-cab-s-exhaust-pipe-an-exhaust-pipe-which-james-mayn/)

[Joseph McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mcelroy/)

> [“And isn't this hard when we ourselves are always at the beginning of ourselves?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mcelroy/and-isn-t-this-hard-when-we-ourselves-are-always-at-the-beginning-of/)

[Joseph McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mcelroy/)

> [“Silence is the real crime against humanity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mcelroy/silence-is-the-real-crime-against-humanity/)

[Joseph McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mcelroy/)

> [“And I got to stop thinking there's what was and what will be, and start thinking there's a story in between.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mcelroy/and-i-got-to-stop-thinking-there-s-what-was-and-what-will-be-and/)

[Joseph McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mcelroy/)

> [“And what is your story? someone interrupts. What did you do to end up in this endless community of minds?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mcelroy/and-what-is-your-story-someone-interrupts-what-did-you-do-to-end-up/)

[Joseph McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mcelroy/)

> [“Special reincarnation? he said. She sighed. Why did people want to complicate things by coming back twenty years later for a second, third chance?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mcelroy/special-reincarnation-he-said-she-sighed-why-did-people-want-to/)

[Joseph McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mcelroy/)

> [“I am alone, I am alone, but not lonely, not lonely for people, it seems.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mcelroy/i-am-alone-i-am-alone-but-not-lonely-not-lonely-for-people-it-seems/)

[Joseph McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mcelroy/)

> [“Do you ever feel,' she wonders, 'that we fit into a large life that doesn't know us but--hold us? And that this is better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mcelroy/do-you-ever-feel-she-wonders-that-we-fit-into-a-large-life-that-doesn/)

[Joseph McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mcelroy/)

> [“I sat reading from first thing in the morning till the middle of the afternoon. I used to get a phone call twice a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mcelroy/i-sat-reading-from-first-thing-in-the-morning-till-the-middle-of-the/)

[Joseph McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mcelroy/)

> [“Above his olive-skinned neck a Low Dark Fade they call it at the barber's school where I go for a $4.99 haircut and an experience.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mcelroy/above-his-olive-skinned-neck-a-low-dark-fade-they-call-it-at-the/)

[Joseph McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mcelroy/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/return-earth/joseph-mcelroy/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Return Earth Quotes By Joseph McElroy",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“He alone can return to Earth to try to do something, only to find that all he can do is try to know what happened.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Joseph McElroy"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mcelroy/he-alone-can-return-to-earth-to-try-to-do-something-only-to-find-that/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/joseph-mcelroy-12331_earth_he-alone-can-return-to-earth-to-try-to-d_2627360.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/joseph-mcelroy-12331_earth_he-alone-can-return-to-earth-to-try-to-d_2627360.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/joseph-mcelroy-12331_earth_he-alone-can-return-to-earth-to-try-to-d_2627360.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“He alone can return to Earth to try to do something, only to find that all he can do is try to know what…” — Joseph McElroy",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/return-earth/joseph-mcelroy/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/return-earth/joseph-mcelroy/",
            "name": "Return Earth Quotes by Joseph McElroy",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/return-earth/joseph-mcelroy/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/joseph-mcelroy-12331_earth_he-alone-can-return-to-earth-to-try-to-d_2627360.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Return Earth quotes by Joseph McElroy. Plus more from Joseph McElroy and more Return Earth sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/return-earth/joseph-mcelroy/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/return-earth/joseph-mcelroy/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Return Earth",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/return-earth/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Joseph McElroy",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/return-earth/joseph-mcelroy/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```