“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)
From Wheel of the World from the album Carnival Ride (2007). [Misattributed: performer not credited as writer.]
“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)
“The Wheel of Time and the wheel of a man's life turn alike without pity or mercy.”
Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer
Lews Therin Telamon
(15 October 1994)
Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna
[Swami Tapasyananda, Swami Nikhilananda, Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother; Life and Conversations, 297]
Michael Swanwick book The Iron Dragon's Daughter
Source: The Iron Dragon's Daughter (1993), Chapter 13 (p. 232)
“Drear ritual turned its wheel.”
Mervyn Peake book Titus Groan
Source: Titus Groan (1946), Chapter 60 “In Preparation for Violence” (p. 323)
Contemplation. Compare: "The sad vicissitude of things", Laurence Sterne, Sermon xvi.
“Life is a wheel, and it always comes back around to where it started.”
Stephen King book Revival
Variant: Life was a wheel, its only job was to turn, and it always came back to where it started.
Source: Revival
“Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.”
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist