"Leisure in time is like unoccupied floor space in a room." Unused time is to life what unused floor space is to a room — the part that makes everything else usable. Fill every inch with efficiency and there's no room to move; the girl in the room where every inch is utilized feels cramped, not rich. Culture, judgment, friendship, and taste aren't byproducts of production — they're products of loafing. Efficiency, punctuality, and the hunger for achievement are the three American vices precisely because they pave over the empty space where life happens.

— In our words · Source: The Importance of Living (Lin Yutang)