Tattoo Quotes - Page 8

• That's when it struck me: how gorgeous we all were, even with cellulite (saw a lot of that) and stretch marks, scars and tattoos. Let me just say this, not single body was perfect, not even the fittest of women there.

  Justina Chen

  Perfect, Body, Saws

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• Connor smiles with mocking warmth at him, and glances at the tattoo on his wrist. "I like your dolphin.

  Neal Shusterman

  Dolphins, Wrists, Glances

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.100, Simon and Schuster

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• Wear your heart on your skin in this life.

  Sylvia Plath

  Heart, Skins, This Life

  Sylvia Plath (1994). “Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams”

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• Most Shadowhunters get their first Marks at twelve. It must have been in your blood.” “Maybe. Although I doubt most Shadowhunters get a tattoo of Donatello from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on their left shoulder.” Jace looked baffled. “You wanted a turtle on your shoulder?” -Jace & Clary, pg. 314-

  Cassandra Clare

  Teenage, Turtles, Blood

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.301, Simon and Schuster

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• When Darroc returns, I know by the look in his eyes that I've chosen well. He thinks I picked black and red for him, the colors of his guard, the colors he has told me he selected for his future court. I chose black and red for the tattoos on Barrons' body. Tonight I wear my promise to him that I will make things right.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Eye, Thinking, Color

  Karen Marie Moning (2016). “The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned”, p.1079, Dell

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• I am a rapist and a sadistic pig,' if you get that tattoo removed I will carve it into your forehead, do you understand?

  Steig Larsson

  Pigs, Sadistic, Foreheads

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• There's something really the matter with most people who wear tattoos. There's at least some terrible story. I know from experience that there's always something terribly flawed about people who are tattooed, above some little something that Johnny had done in the Navy, even though that's a bad sign...It's terrible. Psychologically it's crazy. Most people who are tattooed, it's the sign of some feeling of inferiority, they're trying to establish some macho identification for themselves.

  Truman Capote

  Crazy, People, Feelings

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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

  Swans, White, Snow

  Jim Benton (2013). “Dear Dumb Diary #11: Okay, So Maybe I Do Have Superpowers”, p.53, Scholastic

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• Yes you're getting your tattoo." I threw my arms around Dad's neck. "Thank you!" "Hey," Mom said. "I'm the one who had to persuade him it wasn't turning his little girl into a streetwalker." "I never said that," Dad said. "No?" I said. "Cool. Cause I've decided to skip the paw print. I'm thinking of a tramp stamp with flames that says 'Hot in Here.' No wait. Arrows. For directionally challenged guys

  Kelley Armstrong

  Girl, Mom, Dad

  Kelley Armstrong (2014). “Darkness Rising: Complete Trilogy Collection: The Gathering, The Calling, The Rising”, p.25, Harper Collins

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• That's what my mother doesn't understand about my lipstick and dark clothes. I don't wear tattoos to freak her out; I wear them because I have to. It's me.

  Ellen Schreiber

  Mother, Dark, Clothes

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• I knew Ginny was lying about that tattoo.

  J. K. Rowling

  Lying, Ginny Weasley, Weasley

  J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, p.53, Pottermore

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• I don't know many rules to live by,' he'd said. 'But here's one. It's simple. Don't put anything unnecessary into yourself. No poisons or chemicals, no fumes or smoke or alcohol, no sharp objects, no inessential needles--drug or tattoo--and...no inessential penises either.' 'Inessential penises?' Karou had repeated, delighted with the phrase in spite of her grief. 'Is there any such thing as an essential one?' 'When an essential one comes along, you'll know,' he'd replied.

  Laini Taylor

  Grief, Simple, Rules To Live By

  Laini Taylor (2011). “Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.21, Hachette UK

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• Got your text,” he said when I climbed out. “How much did it hurt?” “Not at all,” I said. “Apparently, I can’t get a tattoo because I’m a witch.” “I could have told them-” He stopped. “Oh, you said witch.” “Ha-ha.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Hurt, Witch, Said

  Kelley Armstrong (2014). “Darkness Rising: Complete Trilogy Collection: The Gathering, The Calling, The Rising”, p.30, Harper Collins

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• You know, I'd get a tattoo with your name on it. Only, I want you to have the freedom to change your name if you want to.

  David Levithan

  Names, Want, Knows

  David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.183, Macmillan

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• She crushed it, telling herself she was going to add Big in front of her Idiot tattoo.

  Nalini Singh

  Add, Idiot, Bigs

  Nalini Singh (2012). “Nalini Singh: Guild Hunters Novels 1-4”, p.168, Penguin

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• A hand landed on his shoulder like an anvil. “How’d you like to stay for dinner?” Butch looked up. The guy was wearing a baseball cap and had some kind of marking—was that a tattoo, on his face? “How’d you like to be dinner?” said another one, who looked like some kind of model.

  J.R. Ward

  Baseball, Hands, Guy

  J.R. Ward (2011). “J.R. Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 1-4”, p.400, Penguin

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• Mattia was right: the days had slipped over her skin like a solvent, one after the other, each removing a very thin layer of pigment from her tattoo, and from both of their memories. The outlines, like the circumstances, were still there, black and well delineated, but the colors had merged together until they faded into a dull, uniform tonality, a neutral absence of meaning.

  Paolo Giordano

  Memories, Color, Black

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• What's funny is my husband doesn't have any tattoos at all, so he must be the very conservative one.

  Ashley Scott

  Husband, Conservative, My Husband

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• Don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride.

  Bill Hicks

  Revolutionary Ideas, Worry, Amusement Parks

  "Bill Hicks: Revelations". Documentary, Comedy, 1993.

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• Judge if you want, we are all going to die. I intend to deserve it.

  Joey Comeau

  Judging, Want, Dies

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• I sort of tend to equate tattoos with prisoners, punks or people with a high level of self-confidence. I don’t necessarily have a covered-in-tattoos personality.

  Lena Dunham

  Self Confidence, People, Personality

  "Lena Dunham, ‘Girls’ Star, On ‘Labia Saturation,’ Oversharing And Her Tattoos". Interview with Christopher Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 9, 2012.

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• I got a heart tattooed on my foot. It's my first tattoo.

  Goldie Hawn

  Heart, Feet, Firsts

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• I got my first tattoo when I was 16 years old and I went with my mom to get it done - she has a bunch too so we're tattoo buddies now.

  Josh Hutcherson

  Mom, Years, Done

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• I got my very last tattoo after my father died. I'm not getting anymore; otherwise I'll end up like Mike Tyson with a tattoo on my face.

  Sean William Scott

  Father, Lasts, Faces

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• V jerked back to the present. And for some reason didn't lie. "I'm thinking about my tattoos." "When did you get them?" "Almost three centuries ago." She whistled. "God, you live that long?" "Longer. Assuming I don't get cracked dead in a fight and you fool humans don't blow up the planet, I'll be breathing for another seven hundred years.

  J.R. Ward

  Lying, Fighting, Blow

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