Thief of Time - Lu-Tze's time

As a hobby, mountains appeal to those people who in normal circumstances are said to have a great deal of time on their hands.

Lu-Tze had no time at all. Time was something that largely happened to other people; he viewed it in the same way that people on the shore viewed the sea. It was big and it was out there, and sometimes it was an invigorating thing to dip a toe into, but you couldn't live in it all the time. Besides, it always made his skin wrinkle.

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The Thief of Time - p46