This tattoo belongs to Maria Carlos.

Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.

English translation: “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.”

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

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Hi, I’m back.  I’ve been away for most of the summer, and just got back from working in Quebec.  On to the tattoos.  Two a day for the rest of September!

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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

This tattoo belongs to Cassie Niemeyer.

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Nov 12

The Rose Garden

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

Kathryn submitted this on behalf of her friend, who says:

The tattoo artist said that this is one of the weirdest tattoos he’s ever done and goes against everything he’s learned about tattoos–no solid lines, no strong blocks of color. But I think it’s absolutely perfect (albeit still a bit swollen in this picture), after two hundred dollars and two hours in the chair. “People where you live,” the little prince said, “grow five thousand roses in one garden… yet they don’t find what they’re looking for…” “They don’t find it,” I answered. “And yet what they’re looking for could be found in a single rose, or a little water…” “Of course,” I answered. And the little prince added, “But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart.”

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Jul 19

Le Petit Prince

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Le Petit Prince tattoo

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

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Jul 13

Le Petit Prince

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The Little Prince tattoo

“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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Jul 06

Le Petit Prince

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Le Petit Prince Tattoo

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

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Le Petit Prince Tattoo

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

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  • Welcome to Contrariwise

    This is a website about literary tattoos. That is, tattoos based on books, poems, lyrics, and many other literary sources.

    My email address is jen@contrariwise.org, so send your comments / suggestions / praise / hate that way. If you want to submit your own tattoo (please do!), see this page.