100 Quotes About Tattoo

Tattoo is an art form that has been around for centuries. It is unique in the sense that it communicates something unique about the wearer. Tattoos are a form of self-expression for people who want to leave a mark on their lives. The meaning of tattoos and how they work is different from person to person and can be different from country to country Read more

However, we take you through all the famous tattoo quotes and give you a good insight about the world of tattoos and what they mean for people.

She was a beautiful dreamer. The kind of girl, who...
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She was a beautiful dreamer. The kind of girl, who kept her head in the clouds, loved above the stars and left regret beneath the earth she walked on. Robert M. Drake
Death is the easy part, the hard part is living...
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Death is the easy part, the hard part is living and knowing you could be so much more then you’re willing to be. Robert M. Drake
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Sometimes to self-discover you must self-destruct. Robert M. Drake
Sometimes the most beautiful people are beautifully broken.
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Sometimes the most beautiful people are beautifully broken. Robert M. Drake
Somewhere along the way we all go a bit mad....
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Somewhere along the way we all go a bit mad. So burn, let go and dive into the horror, because maybe it’s the chaos which helps us find where we belong. Robert M. Drake
A tamed woman will never leave her mark in the...
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A tamed woman will never leave her mark in the world. Robert M. Drake
The best kind of humans are the ones who stay.
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The best kind of humans are the ones who stay. Robert M. Drake
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She was broken, I think it’s because she loved too much and she was always blind to the fact that love too is sometimes broken. Robert M. Drake
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It’s funny, for all it took was a broken heart and that alone was enough, enough for her to do everything she ever dreamed of. Robert M. Drake
If I lived a million lives, I would've felt a...
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If I lived a million lives, I would've felt a million feelings and I still would've fallen a million times for you. Robert M. Drake
Suddenly, everything was beautiful. The way she viewed the world...
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Suddenly, everything was beautiful. The way she viewed the world was nothing more but a reflection of herself. Robert M. Drake
Society will always be too fragile to accept us for...
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Society will always be too fragile to accept us for all that makes us beautiful. Robert M. Drake
Madness and chaos are self-destructing but over thinking is the...
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Madness and chaos are self-destructing but over thinking is the suicide. Robert M. Drake
I had to learn to live without you and I...
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I had to learn to live without you and I couldn't make sense of it, because I left so much of me inside of you. Robert M. Drake
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She was broken from moment to moment, watching her world collide she felt lost inside herself. She fell apart for a passion that flamed beneath her. She waited and died a hundred times, it dripped from her pores. The moment she let go, she soared over the stillness like the star she was born to be. Robert M. Drake
It was never about the world being too big, it...
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It was never about the world being too big, it was more like she was too much for the world to handle. Robert M. Drake
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You’re not a bad person, you’re just a little bit different and I’m a sucker for that. Robert M. Drake
Maybe love was meant to save us from ourselves.
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Maybe love was meant to save us from ourselves. Robert M. Drake
We swallowed the chaos because we knew we didn't want...
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We swallowed the chaos because we knew we didn't want to be ordinary. Robert M. Drake
But dear, don’t be afraid of love it’s only magic.
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But dear, don’t be afraid of love it’s only magic. Robert M. Drake
Maybe I hope too much. Maybe I dream too much...
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Maybe I hope too much. Maybe I dream too much or maybe I love too much to just give up on you. Robert M. Drake
She needed the chaos within her in order to discover...
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She needed the chaos within her in order to discover the extraordinary no man could ever reach. Robert M. Drake
She wildly burned for the one she loved and he...
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She wildly burned for the one she loved and he stood there watching, hoping he too would catch a blaze from the violence stirring in her heart. Robert M. Drake
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Its dark and I’m reading my scars because our moments remind me of where I should be. Robert M. Drake
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I know how you feel because I’ve been there too. I’ve hated and I’ve loved. I’ve seen my demons root and crawl and my angels branch and soar. I've died within myself and lived a thousand different lives. I too fight the same war and I too am drowning in the puddles of self-consciousness this world created. Robert M. Drake
At the end of the day I went to this...
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At the end of the day I went to this place where your memories left footsteps on my skin and the breath of your touch stained my desire. Yea, it was one of those nights where I needed you the most. Robert M. Drake
With all honesty, somewhere between the hello and the dreams...
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With all honesty, somewhere between the hello and the dreams I saw you in I fell in love. Robert M. Drake
She wasn't broken. She was just bent, over the chance...
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She wasn't broken. She was just bent, over the chance of being ignored by the one she loved. Robert M. Drake
I need you because I know I deserve you but...
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I need you because I know I deserve you but let me fall in love with you one last time before I let go. So I can remember the beautiful imperfection that rattled my bones. Robert M. Drake
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How could I live above the water or breathe under it. How could I swim in darkness consumed in an ocean of you? Falling or flying towards you, losing or finding myself in you and beauty was never the word to catch all that you are. For now I know the means of the infinite and it all starts and ends with you. Robert M. Drake
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Suddenly I remembered that laugh, it told a different story, our story. Robert M. Drake
Maybe what this is. What we have, is something that...
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Maybe what this is. What we have, is something that will save us from ourselves. Robert M. Drake
Excuse me, I feel interrupted and I think I've overdose...
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Excuse me, I feel interrupted and I think I've overdose from the idea of loving you. Robert M. Drake
I kept loving and loving and loving. Every waking hour,...
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I kept loving and loving and loving. Every waking hour, I marveled on how these moments would make made me feel. I wanted to love the world and be the change it so deliciously craved. Robert M. Drake
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Broken hearts, you can run, you can hide and perhaps the earth is big enough to believe you’re safe. So maybe for a moment you have escaped but hear me, hear me well. Love will find you and it will leave nothing behind. Robert M. Drake
The greatest adventure is to have no fear for the...
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The greatest adventure is to have no fear for the blaze that lies ahead. Robert M. Drake
We’re only instruments of love, flowing through heaps of pain...
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We’re only instruments of love, flowing through heaps of pain hoping one day we’d hatch a passion of our own. Robert M. Drake
To love is to soar in the wild unexpectedly.
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To love is to soar in the wild unexpectedly. Robert M. Drake
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I arrived, I saw humans and I saw through their faces. Nothing ever changes but the light in their eyes. For I too have buried my demons today, without knowing what might remain beneath the face of tomorrow. Robert M. Drake
Technically, all tattoos are temporary, even permanent ones.
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Technically, all tattoos are temporary, even permanent ones. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
A colorful body with fabrics, tattoos and jewelry is attractive,...
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A colorful body with fabrics, tattoos and jewelry is attractive, but a colorful heart with love, truth and faith is beautiful. Anthony Liccione
I didn't have to say a word. My love for...
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I didn't have to say a word. My love for him appeared upon my flesh like virgin tattooed skin. Alfa H
Our bodies were printed as blank pages to be filled...
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Our bodies were printed as blank pages to be filled with the ink of our hearts Michael Biondi
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I'm telling you, the gorgeous of the world can actually look pretty intimidating when they scowl. Imagine a snow-white swan with a scary tattoo holding a chain saw. There's just no way to really prepare for that. Jim Benton
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Merrick and I had both had tattoos, my magpie and his elephant and castle, imposed on us as…it’s a long story. A reward, or apology, or both, from the Dragon Head, or grand master, of one of the larger criminal organisations in China after we accidentally saved his son’s life.”“ Accidentally?”“ It’s a VERY long story. K.J. Charles
He wore his fear on his skin for everyone to...
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He wore his fear on his skin for everyone to see. Richard Kadrey
To whomever swapped my tattoo cream for toothpaste........ well played.
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To whomever swapped my tattoo cream for toothpaste........ well played. R.D. Ronald
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Cal opens a drawer, pulls out a sketch pad and charcoal and sets them down on a drafting table.' Let's draw.' I smile the way I did as a child when receiving a fresh box of 64 Crayola crayons, unabashedly showing all my teeth. I remember how much I used to love to draw, and I wonder why I don't do it anymore. I write, I guess. I draw with words, but when I see Cal's pad and charcoal, I'm overwhelmed with the feeling that it's not the same. I use my words, my artist's charcoal to describe what I'm thinking. He draws with an imperfect fluidity, pausing only occasionally to shade the drawing with his thumb or brush the paper with the back of his hands. He listens and nods and doesn't interrupt. And when I'm done speaking he looks at the drawing, and his eyes get really big. Slowly, he turns his pad around for me to see. My heart stops and then starts. 'Yes, ' I say. It's perfect. Alive with added detail and beautiful Inuit soulfulness I couldn't have even imagined sitting outside in my car. My fear is gone. There's a tingling in my skin, like I can feel the thousand needle pricks to come. I am alive. . Steven Rowley
A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always...
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A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition. V. Vale
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Everything I have become, everything I will ever accomplishcannot compare to my mostimpressive feat: I have loved youfiercelyand assiduouslywith the very marrowinside my bones. So that when I die, they can crack them to findyou there. So that when I die, they can open me upand see your name tattooed on the wall of my heart. So that when I die, my epitaph will neither commemoratewho I wasnor what I did, but will read:“ She loved. And loved. And loved.” And so, I smile now, because that is no small thing. Kamand Kojouri
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Emojin stopped, turned, and nailed him with her glare. “Because she’s making this one piece all she’ll ever need to show the world who she is instead of coloring her body with random images and needing thirty expressions to show her soul. Kim Harrison
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Tattooing, when understood in its entirety, must be seen as a religious act. The human being brings forth images from the center of the self and communicates them to the world. Fantasy is embodied in reality and the person is made whole. Spider Webb
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Maybe that's what I needed. Another tattoo. Some pain on the outside to ease the pain on the inside. N.R. Walker
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Without thinking, I step a little closer, reaching out slowly to slide a fingertip over the largest petal of the lily tattoo on her lower back. Instantly a vibration moves up my arm, and I swear the mark on my hand burns against my skin. I clench my fingers into a fist, but I don’t step away.“ Did you feel that?” she asks. I shake my head. “I don’t know.” I feel so much, always so much. She takes my hand and brings it to her side again, resting it on the violets. I look at thepurple flowers between my fingers and feel the heat of her skin, the way it slides beneath my palm, soft as silk. And that vibration moves through my arm again. Her breath quickens. I find myself moving closer as her blue eyes go wide with wonder. My heart stutters and my chest aches with some unknown need.“ Are you doing this?” I ask. Is she making me want this?“ No, ” she breathes. The smell of her turns to spice, sharp and warm, and I know I’m sensing her now, even through the block in the house. We stand like that for an eternity, still as statues on the outside, but inside I’m running, running toward a place I’ve never been. I should be terrified. But all I feel is strength. Rightness.And then Kara moves, her hands skimming up my chest, testing the boundaries. Her palms slide to my shoulders, her fingers tracing the line of the muscles in my arms, down to my waist. She grips my shirt, stretching it a little, waiting for me to tell her to stop. But I watch her lift it, let her pull it up, raising my arms, and I even take the last of it off myself, dropping it to the floor. We breathe, staring at each other. The vibrations move between us. My left arm buzzes with them. I think she’s doing it. Whatever’s happening, it’s her. I reach up and brush my marked knuckles across her cheek, amazed at the feel of her, the way her eyes seem to see everything, the way she pulls me into her. I can’t seem to remember why I shouldn’t kiss her. And kiss her. And. I kiss her, taking her face in both hands, skimming my thumb over her jaw as she leans into the touch, reaching out to curl her fingers around the back of my neck. I have to remind myself to breathe. I need more of her. The emotions roll over me in a rush, a tangle of sensation and movement, heat and sugar and heady aromas. I grip her tighter. Her nails dig into my shoulders. My hands slide down her spine. The kiss deepens, goes on forever, until I can barely see sense. I explore her shape, the feel of her ribs, the textures and taste of her skin on my tongue as I kiss her neck, her shoulders, her chest. As I draw trembling gasps from her lips, she grips me so hard it hurts. Our bodies mesh. Our breath mingles in frenzied desperation. Nothing else exists except her. Her warmth. Her spice. Her. Rachel A. Marks
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Brahma and AiravataLong ago in lands of golden sand Brahma turned to Saraswatiand gently kissed her inked hand.... Muse
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My tattoos, like most people's, were reminders, badges of personal experiences. Yes, I might wear them on my skin for the world to see, but their meaning was a little too personal. N.R. Walker
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To be human is to be broken and broken is its own kind of beautiful. Robert M. Drake
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Maybe one day we’ll find that place, where you and I could be together and we’ll catch our dreams within the waves of change. So hear me, you are not alone. Robert M. Drake
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The chaos in me is the chaos in you. Like the love in you is the love in me. So maybe we’re both a little crazy. Enough to believe we’re found where dreams are born and beneath our faults remain a science, where you and I will run away and leave nothing behind. Robert M. Drake
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Ill love you with every little bit of everything that has ever consumed me and I will forever love you and forever find you in every life time and so on. Until the stars die out and the universe leaps but even then, my love will remain. Robert M. Drake
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The more I learned the less I felt I knew you and I got lost counting stars, I fell dreaming. Sometimes I’d wander away. Maybe I wasn’t ready or maybe it was just a hard time to love. You always reminded me of home and I could never fathom the reasoning behind your smile. Perhaps one day, if we believe enough, we’ll find our way. Robert M. Drake
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She had more of me then I had of myself. We were both wild birds chasing the stars. We’d lose our way and find new places, close our eyes and fall back towards a constellation of dreams. We wrapped ourselves in a blanket of passion and each night we fell deeper without control, into this strange space called love. Robert M. Drake
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Maybe all that we are is what people expect us to be. Robert M. Drake
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Every broken piece of me fell on every broken piece of you and when I took the missing parts, like the emptiness of me I saw the emptiness of you and I poured my half upon you to fill you whole. I risked it all just to dream you complete and catch you one day free in the wild. Robert M. Drake
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She had the power to change the world but she couldn't save the one she loved. Robert M. Drake
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That night I didn’t say anything. I just watched you leave and in the end, I just stayed sleeping awake. Somewhere between a sweet dream and a beautiful nightmare, hoping one day you’d return to rid me of the demons you left behind. Robert M. Drake
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Technology murdered childhood. Robert M. Drake
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Magic is when you live your life the way you didn’t picture it and leave nothing behind. Robert M. Drake
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Your greatest dreams will always slumber within the vicious depths of fear. Robert M. Drake
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She got inside me with her story. I could feel her flowing in me and far, faraway I related in parallel. Her smile was a reflection of my own brokenness. It defined buried feelings that I could never ignore. Robert M. Drake
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The fear of loving a dog, is knowing one day they’ll be gone and you could never find eyes that express all that you feel. Robert M. Drake
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I wrote her story because she wanted to live forever and I loved her far more with every word, too much! Even in death her life sought out beauty, for her moments were consumed with love and I could never write such a story without her stars flaming in my heart. Robert M. Drake
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Sometimes those we love break us to bind us whole within the transition. Robert M. Drake
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Use love as the only instrument to question the world around you. Robert M. Drake
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The seed of our love will always cube within the wonder of infinite. Robert M. Drake
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Sometimes you have to go a little crazy before you can find sanity. I think I'm close. Tawny Lara
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Tattoos are a permanent commitment of passion Tawny Lara
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I think i should get love inked on my skin. Maybe that's the only way i am destined to keep it. Anjum Choudhary
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Getting ink felt right, like it would help her put her life in order, to move forwards. It was her body, despite the things that'd been done to it, and she wanted to claim it, to own it, to prove that to herself. She knew it wasn't magic, but the idea of writing her own identity felt like the closest she could get to reclaiming her life. Sometimes there's power in the act; sometimes there's strength in words. She wanted to find an image that represented those things she was feeling, to etch it on her skin as tangible proof of her decision to change. Melissa Marr
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She had a flower tattoo on her wrist; "What does that mean?" he asked her. "Absolutely nothing, " she said, "it's just a flower. C. Joybell C.
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It occurred to me that my cheek was probably right over his tattoo. Without thinking, I lifted my face and tugged at the neckline of his T-shirt. This time, the stark black-and-gold mark wasn't hidden. No need for that spell anymore, I guess. Still, I covered it with my palm. Archer's hands clutched reflexively on my waist. Our eyes met. "It doesn't burn this time, " I whispered. His breathing was ragged. "Beg to differ, Mercer. . Rachel Hawkins
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I want the moon tattooed on my wristsmy grandmother keeps asking me to pray, i don’t have the heart to tell her that mypoems are the only God i have left in memy mother keeps leaving without saying goodbyei wish she’d let me cut my hair in the 7th grade, maybe i’d know how to deal with loss by nowi told myself i’d stop kissing boys who didn’t know my namei said, i’d stop picking at my bones like broken decorations, i’d quit with the smoking and the drunken poems, and when i said things like “my bones are heavy” i would only mean itas a good thingheavy bones can’t be broken, you can’t break heavy bones . Irynka
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A mind wanders, thoughts flee and memories fade. But tattoos, tattoos are forever. And if it is true to say that we carry ourselves with when we travel - then the body may very well be a beautiful canvas for the timeless lessons we learn and will learn when we travel. Lauren Klarfeld
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Seven little crazy kids chopping up sticks; One burnt her daddy up and then there were six. Six little crazy kids playing with a hive; One tattooed himself to death and then there were five. Five little crazy kids on a cellar door; One went all schizo and then there were four. Four little crazy kids going out to sea; One wouldn't say a word and then there were three. Three little crazy kids walking to the zoo; One jerked himself too much and then there were two. Two little crazy kids sitting in the sun; One a took a bunch of pills and then there was one. One little crazy kid left all alone; He went and slit his wrists, and then there were none. . Michael Thomas Ford
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Sometimes life isn’t worth the pain. i’m going for a swim. goodbye, my love. Jake VanderArk
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Not that it was a crazy complicated skill, but operating an espresso machine during high traffic could be added to my repertoire along with card tricks and how to fire a Colt. 45.(Quote taken from ARC, subject to change) Karina Halle
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You do know, right, that between the no-longer & the still-to-comeyou are being continuallytattooed, inkedwith the skulls ofeveryoneyou’ve ever loved–the you& the you& the you & the you–you don’tsit in a chair, thumbthrough a binder, pick adesign, it simplyhappens each time youbring your fingers to your faceto inhale him back into you. tiny skulls, some of us arecovered. You, love, couldsimply tattoo an opendoor, lightpouring in from somewhereoutside, youcould make your body a doorso it appears you(let her fill you) are madeof light. Nick Flynn
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What I wasn’t expecting was the euphoria once my body began releasing endorphins. The mixture of pain and pleasure was ecstasy. Getting my tattoo introduced me to secret, dark pleasures. I would always be a marked prisoner, but I was a liberated soul. Scarlet Risque
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Every loss, every mistake, was seared into her soul, creating a different kind of tattoo, one made from rage and abandonment, heart break and tears Kami Garcia
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Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past. Jack London
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A person au fait with the millenarian edict of knowing oneself does not need a tattoo, pierced ear, or gaudy neck chains to declare who they are. Eccentricity for its own sake is simply a boring fashion statement and not a thoughtful statement of what comprises a wholesome self. A self-poised person does not need to own a luxury car to determine their degree of self-worth. Nor does a self-determined person need to idolize celebrities, hate other people whom they do not wish to exemplify, or live vicariously through other people’s admirable deeds. A person with unique and contented self-identify does not flip through fashion magazines or scan the headlines of gossip magazines when loitering in the supermarket checkout stand. A person who contemplates the meaningfulness of their existence is not fixated with posing in other people’s raiment or observing other people’s nakedness. A person who knows who they are and realizes how to accomplish all of their life goals does not dally by people watching or become distracted by envying other people. . Kilroy J. Oldster
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After a few seconds of scraping, I realize what he has isn’t a trail, it’s a whole forest! Ack! Weren’t all men supposed to shave their chest and stuff nowadays? Whatever happened to having fuzz-free Hollywood heroes as role models? At least my embarrassment is completely foregone by the irritation at his lack of upkeep.  The only thing distracting me now is that heady mix of musk, shaving cream and a distinctly…male scent. And God knows that is one seriously jeopardizing distraction. Especially with a whizzing needle in one’s hand. Rucy Ban
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My body is marked with you. My arms. My chest. My eyes. My head. My heart.” Tears rolled down her cheeks. “I can’t erase you. I’d have to die to be free of you. D-don’t you see that, Gris? C-can’t you see? There is only you for me. Katy Regnery
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You're a dumb shit. There's a million first girls for a million different first things. There's the first girl you slow-dance with, and the first girl you go to bed with. There's the first girl to give you a kiss, and then the first one you take home to mama." His amber eyes lit up with humor." There's the first girl you fight with and the first girl you fight for. There's also the first girl you have to let go of. There's the first girl you love, obviously, and the first girl to break your heart. There's always a first girl, Rowdy, but there is also the girl that is going to come after her until you get to the last girl. The last girl is the one that really matters. Jay Crownover
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Carry me away. To where I can breathe. To where my soul can thrive again. To where I can be free. To where I can live again. Give me life. The ability to span my wings. And fly. Not fall. I never want to fall again. So help me survive. Allow me to flourish. And then let me forgive. (tattoo inscription) Jessica Sorensen
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Are you asking me to undress, Tris?'A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only. .. partially Veronica Roth
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George was an atheist, and so am I. But how I long now for an afterlife - a world of light or of deep dazzling darkness, where he and the others we've lost reside, unscathed, forever accessible - to have tea with, to talk nonsense with, to reinvent the world with Justin Spring
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So I got dressed up kind of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo-y goth. As I head out, I say bye to Mum and Dad, and Mum says, ‘You look cool’, just as Dad says, ‘You look terrifying. Abigail Tarttelin
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The childish and savage taste of men and women for new patterns keeps how many shaking and squinting through kaleidoscopes that they may discover the particular figure which this generation requires to-day. The manufacturers have learned that this taste is merely whimsical. Of two patterns which differ only by a few threads more or less of a particular color, the one will be sold readily, the other lie on the shelf, though it frequently happens that after the lapse of a season the latter becomes the most fashionable. Comparatively, tattooing is not the hideous custom which it is called. It is not barbarous merely because the printing is skin-deep and unalterable. Henry David Thoreau
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Her uneasy gaze skittered along the length of his arms, which were exposed by his rolled-up shirtsleeves.. and stopped at the astonishing sight of a design that had been inked onto his right forearm. It was a small black horse with wings. Noticing her mesmerized stare, Rohan lowered his arm to give her a better view. "An Irish symbol, " he murmured. "A nightmare horse, called a pooka." The absurd-sounding word brought a faint smile to Daisy's lips. "Does it wash off?" she asked hesitantly. He shook his head, his lashes half lowering over his remarkable eyes." Is a pooka like the Pegasus of the Greek myths?" Daisy asked, flattening herself as close to the wall as possible. Rohan glanced down her body, taking a kind of leisurely inventory that no man ever had before. "No. He's far more dangerous. He has eyes of yellow fire, a stride that clears mountains, and he speaks in a human voice as deep as a cave. At midnight, he may stop in front of your house and call out your name if he wants to take you for a ride. If you go with him, he'll fly you across earth and oceans.. and if you ever return, your life will never be the same. Lisa Kleypas