Top 150 Fennel Hudson Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “People fish because they are searching for something. Often it is not for a fish.”

— Fennel Hudson

102. “The greatest gifts are those that say, “I know you”.”

— Fennel Hudson

103. “Mine is a so-called vintage existence, anachronistic living, made all the more rewarding by keeping a raised eyebrow on the absurdities of modern life.”

— Fennel Hudson

104. “My tent doesn’t look like much but, as an estate agent might say, “It is air-conditioned and has exceptional location.”

— Fennel Hudson

105. “When my heart tells me that something is right, there’s rarely an opportunity for logic to intervene. I go with my instinct, and see where it leads.”

— Fennel Hudson

106. “Being gentle doesn’t stop us fighting for our dreams.”

— Fennel Hudson

107. “It’s not possible to run away from yourself. Unless, of course, you’re schizophrenic and can take holidays outside your mind.”

— Fennel Hudson

108. “Publish a book before you’re too old to read it without glasses.”

— Fennel Hudson

109. “If I can’t garden in it, then I won’t wear it.”

— Fennel Hudson

110. “Proper writing ink comes in a bottle, can be swirled like brandy in a glass, and smells like apple blossom after rain.”

— Fennel Hudson

111. “I like working among ‘creative clutter’. It gives me a sense of activity and achievement.”

— Fennel Hudson

112. “Being here is such a contrast to where I’d otherwise be.”

— Fennel Hudson

113. “Life’s a simple thing; it’s we who insist on making it complicated.”

— Fennel Hudson

114. “Dreams free us from normality. Daydreams, especially, take us somewhere between the real world and the dream world.”

— Fennel Hudson

115. “Writing with a biro is the emotional equivalent of giving your loved one a plastic rose on Valentine’s Day.”

— Fennel Hudson

116. “We are so blinkered by progress, so preoccupied with where we want to go and how fast we can travel, that many of us have lost the ability to simply ‘stop’.”

— Fennel Hudson

117. “There’s always an opportunity to fish for something – even if it’s just for laughs or ideas.”

— Fennel Hudson

118. “Recent generations seem to consider ‘old-fashioned’ thinking as out-dated and without place in the modern world. I beg to differ. After all, who has greater faith? He who looks to and learns from the past, or the man who cares not for consequence?”

— Fennel Hudson

119. “Study the nature around you, but also within you.”

— Fennel Hudson

120. “I’m an adventurer, at least in spirit and optimism.”

— Fennel Hudson

121. “Nature haters? We know them too well: lifeless creatures created without emotion or aware of anything that is peripheral to their purpose.”

— Fennel Hudson

122. “As the daydreams grew longer, the distinction between what was real and what was imaginary grew less. Soon I existed in a blissful world of my own creation.”

— Fennel Hudson

123. “I’m likely to stay here, pen in hand, until dusk comes and my writing melts into the twilight.”

— Fennel Hudson

124. “No more selfishness. Just a balanced, contented, and richly meaningful life.”

— Fennel Hudson

125. “Dive deep and make your discovery.”

— Fennel Hudson

126. “Individuality and creativity are slowly dampened by a normal job with normal people.”

— Fennel Hudson

127. “The world of water has a way of perpetuating myths and shrouding lakes in mystery.”

— Fennel Hudson

128. “Life, as I see it, wraps around us, even when we think we are firmly embracing it.”

— Fennel Hudson

129. “I dropped my gardening tools, threw my bicycle over a hedge and went in search of fortunes laid beneath the hangman’s noose.”

— Fennel Hudson

130. “As travellers through time, we are burdened with the stone in our shoe that tells us to stop running, to pause and take stock before we stumble and fall. We should make time to savour the quality of our lives before it’s too late.”

— Fennel Hudson

131. “You need to be outdoors. Away from here. You need a holiday.”

— Fennel Hudson

132. “One cannot help but identify with the life-giving quality of water, not just to quench our thirst, but for our emotional and spiritual wellbeing.”

— Fennel Hudson

133. “There’s no ‘right or wrong’ when we describe what is beautiful and what is not.”

— Fennel Hudson

134. “Writing ink is the magic that allows nothing to become something. It catches the fleeting idea and seeks out the glances of those who wish to see. Even a random ink splat will mean something to someone.”

— Fennel Hudson

135. “There’s much sentiment and educational value to be found in our inherited traditions.”

— Fennel Hudson

136. “Breathe deeply, focus your thoughts, and say out loud, “The quest begins here.”

— Fennel Hudson

137. “Extreme circumstances can trigger the most powerful of responses.”

— Fennel Hudson

138. “The world grows ever complex. More urban. Less peaceful.”

— Fennel Hudson

139. “There comes a time when you just have to say, “No!” – to the requests and to the system.”

— Fennel Hudson

140. “We seek not for forgiveness, but the freedom and time to do more than ‘exist’.”

— Fennel Hudson

141. “To cherish and learn from the past is to enrich our lives.”

— Fennel Hudson

142. “Be individual, break free from the flock to avoid the predictable midsummer haircut.”

— Fennel Hudson

143. “Seek and see beauty in the watery world.”

— Fennel Hudson

144. “It’s not always best to know what’s going on beneath the surface.”

— Fennel Hudson

145. “Nurture a desire to be free from the clock.”

— Fennel Hudson

146. “As a child I would play with such imagination that the ‘real’ world was never real at all. It was full of mystery, adventure and possibility.”

— Fennel Hudson

147. “When left alone with nothing but one’s emotions and inner thoughts for company, the nocturnal world can be completely overpowering.”

— Fennel Hudson

148. “Confront the page that taunts you with its whiteness. Face your enemy and fill it with words. You are bigger and stronger than a piece of paper.”

— Fennel Hudson

149. “Water is intrinsically linked to the mystery and excitement of discovering new worlds.”

— Fennel Hudson

150. “Think about it: send SLASH receive. Email is the frenzied killer of proper communication.”

— Fennel Hudson