Fountain Pen Quotes

“Vintage fountain pens have provenance that makes a traditionalist go weak at the knuckles.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Writer's Year: Fennel's Journal No. 3

“A pen transmits the voice of the soul.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Writer's Year: Fennel's Journal No. 3

“The owner of the Agut d'Avignon had the air of a 1920s dandy who had ruined himself with one mad night of gambling at baccarat and had only been saved by this restaurant, which he seemed to cherish as if it were his wife or a good fountain pen.”
― Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, La soledad del manager

“Proper writing ink comes in a bottle, can be swirled like brandy in a glass, and smells like apple blossom after rain.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Writer's Year: Fennel's Journal No. 3

“The Digital Age promises to amplify their being—YouTube’s original motto was “Broadcast Yourself”—but, in truth, it only delivers a horde of users with identical devices echoing one another in cyberspace.”
― Mark Bauerlein, Plough Quarterly No. 15 - Staying Human: The Tech Issue

“They craned their heads like schoolboys to gaze at the malachite green fountain pen from London. It was an object well worth the attention of these five adult businessmen for three minutes.”
― Vicki Baum, Grand Hotel