Top 150 Fennel Hudson Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “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

102. “Take a step back and view the world through your eyes, not someone else’s. Listen to your heart and decide what you really want.”

— Fennel Hudson

103. “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

104. “As an angler and a gardener, I cherish each drop of rain that falls.”

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

106. “I needed some space to lay myself out, so that I could decide which pieces I wanted to pick up.”

— Fennel Hudson

107. “People fish because they are searching for something. Often it is not for a fish.”

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

109. “Life can be impossibly tough. At times it seems like there is no escape from either the pressure or monotony of a world where you are corralled into being something or someone you are not. But there is an escape, to more peaceful and gentler places, and a happier state of mind.”

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

113. “Status: the perpetual carrot that entices us from the front and prods us in the back.”

— Fennel Hudson

114. “I’m beginning to realise that I’m either overly sentimental, or am a hoarder who struggles to part with things. In all honesty, I’m probably both.”

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

117. “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

118. “A spectator would conclude that I was living in the past. But I was very much living in the present. My present.”

— Fennel Hudson

119. “Seek a slower, simpler life.”

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

123. “Dive deep and make your discovery.”

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

125. “There’s no such thing as ‘not enough time’ out here in the woods. I don’t even have a watch. Time is my own, categorised as nothing more than ‘morning, afternoon, evening and night’.”

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

127. “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

128. “Find a part of yourself hidden in the twilight.”

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

133. “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

134. “I am an old fashioned angler seeking to fish in a peaceful and relaxing way in traditional surroundings. Other anglers are too noisy, too busy, and catch fish that might break my landing net.”

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

137. “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

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

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

140. “Isolation serves as the ideal antidote to the bone-aching stresses of work.”

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

144. “I admit to being prone to deep thinking, which – given that I’m emerging from dark times – can take me to some very sombre or profound places. But this is no bad thing. I always resurface wiser and with a way of viewing things that is different to before.”

— Fennel Hudson

145. “Sentiments, as I have found, can be harvested from places where our memories are fondest.”

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

147. “I take pride in using fountain pens. They represent craftsmanship and a love of writing. Biros, on the other hand, represent the throwaway culture of modern society, which exists on microwave ready-meals and instant coffee.”

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson

149. “There is a fine line between fair criticism and jealous assault.”

— Fennel Hudson

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

— Fennel Hudson