Best 246 quotes of Fennel Hudson on MyQuotes

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.

It had been a long quest. Yet I was within casting distance of my dream.

It is possible to be happy and successful by living on one’s own terms.

It is possible to escape the complexities, challenges and pace of modern life. All we have to do is close our eyes and picture a quiet world where time moves slowly.

It is the goings-on between bites that excites the traditional angler as much as when the float goes under.

It is the quietening of the day that most appeals.

It is this brighter side, the romantic side, the emotional side, that appeals to me.

It’s better to be individual than a clone of someone else.

It’s better to run towards something good, than away from something bad.

It seems that, depending upon which side of the thesaurus-writer’s gaze we sit, one’s uniqueness can be deemed to be either eccentric or distinctive. Both, in my opinion, are good.

It’s important to believe in something, a spirit in things and a higher purpose. Something I call ‘True Beauty’.

It’s ironic that those who lack self-confidence are often the ones who find it hardest to say no.

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

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

It was one of those places where mist lingers well into the day and the dawn chorus starts early.

I’ve indulged all my escapist dreams. I’m here, away from everyone, living it up. Being a selfish and antisocial git.

I’ve made it my mission to discover that which is off the beaten track. Somewhere in the undergrowth of the impossible.

I wasn’t born to fetch, or sit, or accept a beating. I’m here to be me, to write, and know my purpose.

I wish for a simple life.

Leaving the rat race is easy. All you have to do is quit your job, sell your house, and go and live in a tent in the middle of nowhere. It’s staying out of the rat race that’s tricky.

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.

Live humbly and for the moment.

Many people fear the unknown. They busy themselves at motorway speed so to excuse their lack of understanding of the world around them.

May, more than any other month of the year, wants us to feel most alive.

Michelin Star? I’d rather chew a French rubber tyre.

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.

Most of us, at some time or other, get sucked into the lifeless vacuum of work; the cogs of the corporate machine that we keep turning until one day, when we depart this Earth, we may earn the word ‘lubricant’ on our headstone.

My wife warned me that if ever I bought another fishing rod she would feed it into a garden shredder or, worse, feed in something else that “wouldn’t splinter”.

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

Nature, in her untamed state, is savage and unrelenting.

Nature, it seems, has a way of returning things to how they should be.

Nature or nurture? A talent needs both.

Never interrupt an author when he or she is ‘in the zone’, else you’ll understand the real meaning of ‘writer’s nib’.

Night fishing accentuates the atmosphere of a lake. It is as if, once darkness falls, the character of the pool announces, “I am here.

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

Nurture a desire to be free from the clock.

Often I have found myself gazing up at clouds – yesterday’s seas and tomorrow’s streams – to think of them as floating on an ultraviolet sea, beyond which is the infinity of space that presents so much wonder and so many questions.

Old buildings whisper to us in the creaking of floorboards and rattling of windowpanes.

Our best canvas is all around us, in everything we touch and do.

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

People might consider you eccentric for being different, but this is good. Leaders and visionaries are not conformists afraid of standing out.

Playing safe, hiding among the masses, will rarely get you noticed.

Preserve the spirit of a ‘lost’ age, when time moved slower.

Progress isn’t always good. There’s a reason why ‘breakneck speed’ is described as such.

Proudly buck the trend. Dare to be different.

Putting pen to paper without first deciding the route and pace at which to scribe is like setting off on a bicycle without first checking the tyres.

Rarely will I write indoors, even if it means getting wet during rain, or my hands numb in winter.

Reality is in the ether, a blend of present-day experiences infused with one’s memories and dreams. A life that is real to one is surreal to another.

Reality is just a matter of perception.

Real life is to be found in natural things that have meaning.