" He was overcome with a sudden sense of premonition, though he did not believe in premonition. He felt things in motion around him, things that he did not understand and could not control, things settling of themselves into an ordained and appointed position, like the revolving spheres of his father’s orrery—and he wished to protest this state of affairs, but could not. "

― Diana Gabaldon , Lord John and the Hand of Devils (Lord John Grey, #0.5, #1.5, #2.5)