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title: "4 Wheel Quotes By Natalie Babbitt"
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> [Time is like a wheel. Turning and turning - never stopping. And the woods are the center; the hub of the wheel.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/time-is-like-a-wheel-turning-and-turning-never-stopping-and-the-woods/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/natalie-babbitt-7335_accidents_time-is-like-a-wheel-turning-and-turning_637717.jpg)

> [“No connection, you would agree. But things can come together in strange ways. The wood was at the center, the hub of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/no-connection-you-would-agree-but-things-can-come-together-in-strange/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/natalie-babbitt-7335_too-late_no-connection-you-would-agree-but-things_1141327.jpg)

> [“Everything's a wheel, turning and turning, never stopping. The frogs is part of it, and the bugs, and the fish, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/everything-s-a-wheel-turning-and-turning-never-stopping-the-frogs-is/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7f/natalie-babbitt-7335_quote_everything-s-a-wheel-turning-and-turning_1725333.jpg)

> [“Everything's a wheel, turning and turning, never stopping. The frogs is part of it, and the bugs, and the fish, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/everything-s-a-wheel-turning-and-turning-never-stopping-the-frogs-is-2/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/natalie-babbitt-7335_quote_everything-s-a-wheel-turning-and-turning_1842497.jpg)

## Other authors on Wheel

## More by Natalie Babbitt

> [Like all magnificent things, it's very simple.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/like-all-magnificent-things-it-s-very-simple/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [“He knows you?” said Mae, her frown deepening. “But you didn’t call out to him, child. Why not?” “I was too scared to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/he-knows-you-said-mae-her-frown-deepening-but-you-didn-t-call-out-to/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [“He wasn't crazy. How could he be? He was just -- amazing. But she was struck dumb. All she could do was stare at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/he-wasn-t-crazy-how-could-he-be-he-was-just-amazing-but-she-was/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in class, except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/my-mother-was-an-artist-and-i-was-fairly-good-at-art-as-a-child-i-was/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [Do not fear death... only the unlived life. You don't have to live forever; You just have to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/do-not-fear-death-only-the-unlived-life-you-don-t-have-to-live/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [“You can't have living without dying. So you can't call it living, what we got. We just are, we just be, like rocks beside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/you-can-t-have-living-without-dying-so-you-can-t-call-it-living-what/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [“I’m not exactly sure what I’d do, you know, but something interesting—something that’s all mine. Something that would make some kind of difference in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/i-m-not-exactly-sure-what-i-d-do-you-know-but-something-interesting/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [“Miles said softly, “Ma. We’ll get you out right away.” “Sure, Ma,” said Jesse. “Don’t worry about me none,” said Mae in the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/miles-said-softly-ma-we-ll-get-you-out-right-away-sure-ma-said-jesse/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [But dying's part of the wheel, right there next to being born. You can't pick out the pieces you like and leave the rest.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/but-dying-s-part-of-the-wheel-right-there-next-to-being-born-you-can/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [“There’s a pretty good old rowboat. I’ll take you out for a row after supper.” “No, I will,” said Jesse. “Let me . I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/there-s-a-pretty-good-old-rowboat-i-ll-take-you-out-for-a-row-after/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/don-t-be-afraid-of-death-be-afraid-of-an-unlived-life-you-don-t-have/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [Readers are lucky - they will never be bored or lonely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/readers-are-lucky-they-will-never-be-bored-or-lonely/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [“...with white dawns and glaring moons, and sunsets smeared with too much color.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/with-white-dawns-and-glaring-moons-and-sunsets-smeared-with-too-much/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [in reading ... stories, you can be many different people in many different places, doing things you would never have a chance to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/in-reading-stories-you-can-be-many-different-people-in-many-different/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

> [Time is like a wheel. Turning and turning - never stopping. And the woods are the center; the hub of the wheel. It began…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-babbitt/time-is-like-a-wheel-turning-and-turning-never-stopping-and-the-woods/)

[Natalie Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-babbitt/)

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