Submitted by Jenna B.:

“Those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.”

- Bernard Baruch, in response to disputed seating arrangements. (This quotation is often misattributed to Dr. Seuss.)

(52 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)

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“So it goes.”

- Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

The drawing underneath is a golden spiral.

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(67 votes, average: 4.39 out of 5)

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Artwork from Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

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(29 votes, average: 2.79 out of 5)

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This tattoo is the owner’s full name in Elvish.

- Inspired by The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

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(44 votes, average: 3.20 out of 5)

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Submitted by Nogoldformarfa:

He cried in a whisper at some image, at some vision—he cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath—”The horror! The horror!”

- From Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

(50 votes, average: 3.96 out of 5)

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Submitted by Doc Luben:

I’m with you in Rockland
where you laugh at this invisible humor
I’m with you in Rockland
where we are great writers on the same dreadful typewriter
I’m with you in Rockland
where your condition has become serious and is reported on the radio
I’m with you in Rockland
where the faculties of the skull no longer admit the worms of the senses

- Excerpt from Allen Ginsberg’s Howl (full text)

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(31 votes, average: 3.29 out of 5)

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“Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt.”

- Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

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(72 votes, average: 4.46 out of 5)

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This tattoo is a word – “bruises” – in Shelley Jackson’s Skin: A Mortal Work of Art.

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(29 votes, average: 2.59 out of 5)

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“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye. ”

- from Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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(39 votes, average: 3.87 out of 5)

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“For love—I would
split open your head and put
a candle in
behind the eyes.”

- From Robert Creeley’s poem The Warning

This tattoo was submitted by Sarah, who says:

Below it is a tiny outline of the Buffalo, NY skyline – it’s the city where I grew up, and the city that haunts me wherever I go. Creeley is a Buffalo poet and I felt that his words were fitting considering my passion for the place.

(33 votes, average: 4.15 out of 5)

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