150+ Literary Tattoos Only Bookworms Will Get

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There’s nothing quite like reading a book. If you’re a bibliophile, you know what I am talking about. There’s no feeling like holding a book in your hands and getting lost in the words. You can learn about different people in the world, feel connected to cultures you’re never going to visit, deal with heartbreak, and derive life lessons. It doesn’t come as a surprise that many book lovers decide to ink themselves with something that will remind them forever of a book that moved them.

Kurt Vonnegut Quote

Kurt Vonnegut used this quote in Slaughterhouse-Five 106 times, each time after a character dies. Hence, teaching the readers to keep moving on.

Beat On Tattoo

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” from The Great Gatsby is about the human condition. With a few words, you feel connected to everyone who has been and is to come.”

Nothing Hurts

Kurt Vonnegut’s quote convinces you that it all gets better someday.

Alice In Adventure Land

Alice’s adventures in Wonderland can make you imagine so much at different ages of your life.

Walt Whitman Quote

Walt Whitman’s words will encourage us to contribute a verse too.

The Little Prince

This quote from ‘The Little Prince’ remains relevant even after you grow up.

GOT Tattoo

“You’re mine,” she whispered. “Mine, as I’m yours. And if we die, we die. All men must die, Jon Snow. But first, we’ll live.” – Ygritte

Bibliophile Tattoo

Roald Dahl Tattoo

Roald Dahl never let a kid have a dull childhood.

Unless Tattoo

f you’re not sure of quotes, choose a word from your favorite quote. The ‘unless’ here is from one of Dr. Seuss’ quotes: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing’s going to get better, it’s not.”

Shakespeare Tattoo

There’s a reason Shakespeare is still famous. His philosophical words are tattoo-worthy.

Lightbulb Tattoo

This one is for those who believe in the green light just as much as Gatsby.

Narnia Tattoo

So many of us have been inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia to look for our secret cupboard.

Maya Angelou Tattoo

Maya Angelou’s simple yet powerful words are the perfect reminder that we need to keep moving forward.

Ampersand Tattoo

Book and Coffee Tattoo

T.S. Eliot Tattoo

T. S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock poem has so many literary gems within its verses. This one is just one of them.

Sylvia Plath Tattoo

Beautiful Fight Tattoo

This quote by Charles Bukowski as a tattoo will inspire you to hustle until you get what you want.

I’m Tattoo

To Kill A Mockingbird Tattoo

To Kill A Mockingbird like so many others, this would be a beautiful tribute.

Quote Tattoo

When She Woke Tattoo

The text: “She woke, and she was herself.”

The Little Prince Tattoo

The text: “Here is my secret. It’s quite simple: One sees only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.”

Grapes of Wrath Tattoo

The text: “And since, when a joyful thing happened, they looked to see whether joy was on her, it was her habit to build up laughter out of inadequate materials.”

Sappho Tattoo

The text: An ancient fragment of papyrus from Oxyrhynchus, Egypt containing part of a poem in Ancient Greek. There isn’t much left of this particular piece of papyrus, but what’s there has been identified as a fragment of poetry by Sappho.

Comic Tattoo

The text:‘NC’ for non-compliant

Moby Dick Tattoo

The text: “ … then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.”

Multiple Quotes Tattoo

The text: From Red or Dead: “But the word was not finished. The word was not satisfied. LI-VER-POOL, LI-VER-POOL, LI-VER-POOL. The word insatiable, the word voracious. LI-VER-POOL, LI-VER-POOL, LI-VER-POOL. In the last two minutes of the game. St John shot again. Gregg saved again. The ball flew back out of the ruck. Byrne drove the ball back into the ruck. And Milne diverted the ball. Into the net, into a goal. LI-VER-POOL, LI-VER-POOL, LI-VER-POOL. The word triumphant, the word victorious.”

Harry Potter Tattoo

The text: “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

Fairytale Tattoo

Wonder Tattoo

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The text: “Stuff your eyes with wonder,’ he said, ‘live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day every day, sleeping its life away. To hell with that,’ he said, ‘shake the tree and knock the great sloth down on his ass.’”

True Story Tattoo

The text: “The only tattoos visible as she dug out her sketchbook and handed it over were the ones on her wrists like bracelets—a single word on each: true and story.”