Top 150 Fennel Hudson Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “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?”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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108. “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.”

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

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

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111. “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.”

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

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

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

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115. “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.”

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116. “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.”

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

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

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

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120. “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.”

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

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122. “To see more than a reflection requires us to filter what we see, to view the world with honest eyes.”

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123. “The bright light of brilliance keeps the darkness away, but it can be so very exhausting.”

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

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

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

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

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128. “Live humbly and for the moment.”

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129. “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.”

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

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

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132. “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.”

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

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

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135. “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.”

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136. “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’.”

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

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

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

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

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

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142. “Stop and unplug,” say I; “look around you, at the vastness and greatness of the natural world.” Some stop. Others need binoculars to tie their shoelaces.”

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143. “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.”

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

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

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

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

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148. “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.”

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

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

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