The Enigma Of Arrival - pg. 252

Pitton's difficulty -- as I understood when I put myself in his place, and examined myself and my own fears -- was that he had lost touch with the idea of work. In fact, after the manor, the freedom there, the routine he had created, the calm he had established for himself, his relationship with the seasons, the year, time itself, what he feared was not work but employment -- and perhaps not employment so much as the idea of the employer.