Got my first literary tattoo! It's from The Untold Want by Walt Whitman:

THE untold want, by life and land ne'er granted,
Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find.

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I have been seriously contemplating getting my first tattoo for a little while, and have decided on using the quote, "Though my soul may set in darkness it will rise in perfect light, I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night." It was written by Sarah Williams in her poem The Old Astronomer to His Pupil. I've seen the second half ( Read more... )

Hey guys! I have a particular quote from Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett' Good Omens hat I've loved for years, but it's quite long by the standards of a text tattoo. I wanted to get some advice on it and see if you all thought it would be too long! Any help is appreciated ( Read more... )

Now here's my Stephen King one!

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God, I love this blog. So much inspiration and so many amazing stories. I'm so glad to contribute :)

So, I got my 7th tattoo today (4th literary) and I adore it. It's inspired by a line from Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost: " move wild laughter in the throat of death? It cannot be; it is impossible: Mirth cannot move a soul in agony." One of my ( Read more... )

I am SO happy with my newest tattoo (5th so far, with plenty more in planning!); it's one that I have been wanting really bad for over a year now and I'm so glad that I finally got it. It's one of (if not THE) my favourite quotes, by Winston Churchill. Located on my left collarbone in mirror writing ( Read more... )

A new addition!


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This one is my favorite line by Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neales Hurston. It's my favorite book! I read it every summer, and sometimes twice a year. :) Does anyone else love that book??
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Hey you guys! It's been a hot minute since I've been here, but it just feels wrong getting a literary themed tattoo without posting.

As you may not remember, I'm the person who got this Sherlock Holmes quote tattoo two years ago. I've been sitting on the idea, and a few months ago I decided that I wanted it to become a sleeve. Because I'm sort of ( Read more... )