“Wheels keep on turning and turning and turning
And nothing's disturbing the way they go around.”
Edie Brickell (1966) singer from the United States
"The Wheel"
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)
“We can't go back, Mat. The Wheel has turned, for better or worse. And it will keep turning, as lights die and forests dim, storms call and skies break. Turn it will. The Wheel is not hope, and the Wheel does not care, the Wheel simply is. But so long as it turns, folk may hope, folk may care. For with light that fades, another will eventually grow, and each storm that rages must eventually die. As long as the Wheel turns. As long is it turns….”
Thom Merrilin, quoting an ancient song
(27 October 2009)
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