Quote tattoo ideas

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Two photographs of a black ink handwritten lettering tattoo of a quote across a person's upper back, placed between the shoulder blades.
Handwritten quote across upper back
Black script tattoo reading Family with the lines Where life begins and and love never ends beneath it, shown on upper back skin in a two-photo collage.
Family script tattoo on upper back
Blue-ink tattoo of a flock of birds rising above the words Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly, across a person's upper back.
Flock of birds and script on upper back
Colour tattoo of Winnie the Pooh floating up on a red balloon beneath a quote, with blue clouds and bees, placed across the upper back.
Winnie the Pooh with a red balloon on the back
Colour lettering tattoo reading We're all stories in the end, Just make it a good one eh?, with a red bow tie below, on a person's upper back.
Quote lettering with red bow tie on upper back
Teal script lettering reading Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also, running diagonally across a person's back.
Script quotation across a back
Black script lettering reading a quote across the upper back, with a small red outline heart at the end, in a fine line lettering style.
Script quote with red heart on upper back
Black fine line cross and script lettering running down a woman's spine, with a small tattoo on her upper arm.
Cross and script down the spine
Fine line black script tattoo of a Latin quote running across the upper back.
Latin script quote across upper back
Black script lettering tattoo reading Always Love and Hate will get you every time, placed across the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a lettering style.
Script lettering reading Always Love on upper back
Two black ink script lettering tattoos on the upper back and shoulder, reading Together forever never apart and Maybe in distance but never in followed by a small heart.
Script quote tattoos on shoulder and upper back
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the upper back beside the shoulder blade, showing a shaded feather dissolving into flying birds, with script text reading You've been given this life because you are
Feather and birds with script quote on back
Black script lettering reading lions never lose sleep over the opinions of sheep, set across the upper back near the shoulder blade, with reddened healing skin around it.
Script quote across upper back
Close-up of a blue crescent moon tattoo with two small stars and the lettering 'To the moon and back' on the upper back, in a lettering style.
To the moon and back with crescent moon
Realistic dreamcatcher with pink roses, grey shaded feathers and script lettering tattooed across a person's back.
Dreamcatcher and roses across a back
Colour tattoo of a red and white striped hat above a black lettered quote arranged in a circle, on the upper back.
Striped hat and circular quote on upper back
Black ink tattoo on a person's upper back of a sleeping baby framed by wings, with the script words Never in my arms above and Always in my heart below.
Sleeping baby with wings and script on upper back
Black and grey tattoo on the upper back showing a lamp post, pine trees and bare branches, with the words I give you the stars and I give you myself.
Lamp post and pine trees with a quote on the back
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading I am the architect of my own Destruction across a woman's upper back, with a small flourish beneath it.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black lettering tattoo on the upper back reading I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok, with a small axe illustration between the lines.
Lumberjack quote tattoo on upper back
Black and grey swallows and a fine script line running down the spine on a woman's upper back, shown from behind.
Swallows and script down the spine
Woman seen from behind with a fine line script lettering tattoo running down her spine, in grey-black ink, above an open lace wedding dress.
French script quote down the spine
Black script tattoo reading 'The earth has music for those who listen...' with three black swallows in flight, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Swallows and quote script on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a seated man holding a glass beside a line of text, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Seated man and quote on upper back
Small fine line tattoo of a colourful house lifted by a bunch of balloons, with the words Adventure is out there above it, on the upper back.
Balloon house with 'Adventure is out there' quote
Fine line black script tattoo running down the spine of a woman seated at a bar, photographed from behind.
Script quote running down the spine
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading Courage, dear heart across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Courage, dear heart script on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate oval clock face with numerals and a line of script in its scrolled frame, on the back, with a wing tattoo partly visible above.
Ornate clock face with quote
Black script lettering reading Never a victim, forever a fighter across the lower back above the waistband of blue jeans.
Script quote across the lower back
Black fine line script reading I carry your heart across the upper back near the shoulder, shown on a woman in a dark off-shoulder top against a white background.
Fine line script quote across the upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the words Follow Your Heart above a compass rose on a person's upper back.
Follow your heart and compass on upper back
Black and grey tattoos on a person's back and upper arm showing a horned beast with roses, a woman with roses on the right shoulder, and script above.
Beast and rose with woman portrait on shoulders
Black and grey tattoo of the words Normal People Scare Me in block capitals across the upper back, just below the neck, on a person with hair tied up.
Normal people scare me quote on upper back
Black lettering in an infinity loop reading live the life you love, shown as a design, as temporary transfers on grass, and as a small fine script tattoo on a woman's upper back.
Infinity loop lettering reading live the life you love
Sketch-style tattoo on an upper back showing a seated figure beside ruined stone columns, with the words It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
Seated figure and ruined columns with a quote on back
Fine line black script tattoo reading girl take pride in what you wanna do, with a small red xo at the end, across the upper back near the shoulder.
Handwritten quote across upper back
Heart-shaped script quote tattoo on a person's upper back, with the words peace and love picked out in blue and red.
Heart-shaped script quote on upper back
Realism back tattoo of a shaded pocket watch with Roman numerals, butterflies, feathers, script lettering and a red rose.
Pocket watch, feathers and rose across the back
Orange and red lion cub tattoo with a bold black outline and black script reading Remember who you are, on skin that appears to be the upper back.
Lion cub and script tattoo
Close photo of a thin black script tattoo reading 'i am because you were' on a person's upper back below the shoulder blade, in a fine line lettering style.
Fine script phrase across a shoulder blade
Black script lettering of a three-line quote with flying bird silhouettes, tattooed across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bird silhouettes and quote on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a triangle, circle and vertical wand with the words Until the very end, sitting on the upper back.
Deathly Hallows symbol and script on upper back
Black and grey fine line anchor and script lettering tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun, photographed from behind.
Anchor and script quote on upper back
Black fine line script reading Party on Wayne with a pair of glasses above it, tattooed on skin at the lower back.
Party on Wayne script with glasses
Black and grey realism feather tattoo with swirls, small birds and a script quote across the upper back.
Feather and script quote on upper back
Black script lettering tattoo of a three-line quote across the upper back, shown from behind with the hair pulled up and a patterned top strap visible.
Script quote across upper back
Black script lettering tattoo reading 'this too shall pass' across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote 'this too shall pass' on upper back
Black lettering tattoo on a shoulder blade, with the words 'a dream is a wish your heart makes' arranged in a heart shape in a lettering style.
Heart-shaped quote on the upper back