#tattoo

Sydney's the kind of port that leaves a mark on a sailor," the old man mused. "Really?" Haakon said, wondering what the man meant. "It did on me," he said, opening up his shirt to display his chest. It was covered with tattoos! At the top, SYDNEY was printed in elaborate red and blue letters. Beneath that was an enticing selection of names and dates. "Mary, 1838...Adella, 1840..." The old sailor began laughing. "Beatrice, 1843...Helen, 1846." And then finally, "Mother." There was no date after "Mother." "Mothers you love forever," he said. Everybody laughed then, including Haakon, though the thought brought some sadness to his heart. He did love his mother forever, and he missed her as well. ↗

— Bonnie Bryant Hiller

#pirates #tattoos #dating

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

#artists #body-art #tattoo #tattoo-artist #art

I'm waiting to get old - I think old guys with tattoos look good. ↗

— Ryan Gosling

#good #guys #i #i think #look

I go through stages. Randomly, I'll be attracted to a crazy rocker with tattoos. And I find that I'm extremely attracted to ambition and wit. ↗

— Ashley Greene

#attracted #crazy #extremely #find #go

I'm from a nice, suburban, middle-class family, but my tattoos remind me where I've been. ↗

— Tom Hardy

#class family #family #i #me #middle-class

I've always been drawn to the four-leaf clover. It's deeply significant to my sister and me, so much so that we both have had it tattooed on the inside of our wrists. ↗

— Natalie Imbruglia

#been #both #clover #deeply #drawn

A tattoo doesn't make you look like an individual. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#like #look #make #tattoo #you

I wouldn't care if they tattoo Festus all over. He's been good to me. ↗

— Ken Curtis

#care #good #i #me #over

Becoming a vampire is forever. You don't get to change your mind about it later. For me, I think that's one of the big drawbacks with anything that's permanent. How do you know how you're going to feel in five years or 10 years? Even with a tattoo. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#anything #becoming #big #change #do you know

People would ask me to autograph their bodies and then the next time I'd see them on tour they'd have my autograph tattooed. I decided I wouldn't write on people anymore, but I'd give them arms and legs and if they wanted those autographed I'd do that. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#arms #ask #autograph #bodies #decided