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You'll never actually know all of me, I am what I show you. This is because I am many things. I’m a daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece, cousin, best friend, a student, a partner. I’m confident, shy, excitable, outgoing. I’m selfish, generous, frightened, hopeful, determined, loving. I’m sick, tired, careful, careless, reckless, impulsive, emotional, jealous, and stoic. I'm hurt, happy, loved. I’m a broken whole, misunderstood, judged. I’m a handful of oxymorons, conflictions, and contradictions. Please just love me for who I am.
UW and Berm pride all in one. Oh look! A map! (at Somewhere in Devonshire)

UW and Berm pride all in one. Oh look! A map! (at Somewhere in Devonshire)

tattoolit: This is my second tattoo. The quote is from The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. It is one of my favourite books; no one can capture powerful emotion in simple words and images like Zusak can. “Books and pages and a happy place” refers to Ilsa Hermann’s library, where Liesel finds she can explore her love of reading. Likewise, I can find a refuge anywhere there are books. This is also the scene where Liesel realises the power words have to cause both happiness and misery in different hands. I will never forget the power of words, and will always try to use them for good. Artist: the lovely Kimma at Blackbird Tattoo in NSW, Australia:http://www.blackbirdtattoo.com.au/Blackbird_Tattoo_Studio/Kimma.html#grid

tattoolit:

This is my second tattoo.

The quote is from The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. It is one of my favourite books; no one can capture powerful emotion in simple words and images like Zusak can.

“Books and pages and a happy place” refers to Ilsa Hermann’s library, where Liesel finds she can explore her love of reading. Likewise, I can find a refuge anywhere there are books. This is also the scene where Liesel realises the power words have to cause both happiness and misery in different hands. I will never forget the power of words, and will always try to use them for good.

Artist: the lovely Kimma at Blackbird Tattoo in NSW, Australia:

http://www.blackbirdtattoo.com.au/Blackbird_Tattoo_Studio/Kimma.html#grid

tattoolit: “and she was a hurricane”the full quote is - “if rain were people i was a drizzle and she was a hurricane” from “Looking for Alaska” by John Green. My best friend Steph and I got blue leaves from the play “The House of Blue Leaves” by John Guare. We have loved that play since we were in it together back in high school.

tattoolit:

“and she was a hurricane”

the full quote is - “if rain were people i was a drizzle and she was a hurricane” from “Looking for Alaska” by John Green. My best friend Steph and I got blue leaves from the play “The House of Blue Leaves” by John Guare. We have loved that play since we were in it together back in high school.

tattoolit: Line from the poem “Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood” by William Wordsworth.  Probably the most famous section of the poem, this particular line, and the stanza it appears in, has reminded me there are no do-overs in life.  We need to find the little wonders in the world to keep us going. “Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind” Thanks to Bob from Pino Bros. Ink in Cambridge, MA.

tattoolit:

Line from the poem “Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood” by William Wordsworth.  Probably the most famous section of the poem, this particular line, and the stanza it appears in, has reminded me there are no do-overs in life.  We need to find the little wonders in the world to keep us going.

“Though nothing can bring back the hour

Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower

We will grieve not, rather find

Strength in what remains behind”

Thanks to Bob from Pino Bros. Ink in Cambridge, MA.

fuckyeahtattoos: This is my third tattoo, the one ring quote from Lord of the Rings!  Done by Sharuzen @ Tattoo Crew, Kingston, UK

fuckyeahtattoos:

This is my third tattoo, the one ring quote from Lord of the Rings! 

Done by Sharuzen @ Tattoo Crew, Kingston, UK

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fuckyeahtattoos: I’m a fan of JRR Tolkien, chose to write “There And Back Again” because I believe that no matter where we go or who flee adventures live, will always have a place to return to and will never be the same. Tattoo Tendence, SC - Brazil.

fuckyeahtattoos:

I’m a fan of JRR Tolkien, chose to write “There And Back Again” because I believe that no matter where we go or who flee adventures live, will always have a place to return to and will never be the same.

Tattoo Tendence, SC - Brazil.

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fuckyeahtattoos: These were done at Chroma Tattoo in West Bloomfield, MI by Ryan Methric They are a quote from the book “The Sky Is Everywhere” by Jandy Nelson

fuckyeahtattoos:

These were done at Chroma Tattoo in West Bloomfield, MI by Ryan Methric

They are a quote from the book “The Sky Is Everywhere” by Jandy Nelson

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fuckyeahtattoos: “love is a place” - e. e. cummings  The other half of the poem is on my other arm, it reads: yes is a world &amp; in this world of yes live  (skillfully curled)  all worlds.  Both tattooed by Anabela at Way Cool Tattoos in Kitchener, Ontario! She’s the best :) 

fuckyeahtattoos:

“love is a place” - e. e. cummings 

The other half of the poem is on my other arm, it reads: 

yes is a world

& in this world of yes live 

(skillfully curled) 

all worlds. 

Both tattooed by Anabela at Way Cool Tattoos in Kitchener, Ontario!

She’s the best :) 

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