Quote tattoo ideas

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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
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
Black script lettering reading Hello there, the angel from my nightmare across the lower back, above a pair of blue jeans.
Script quote across the lower back
Black and white photo of a woman with long hair seen from behind, with a fine line script tattoo reading La vita è bella on her upper back near the shoulder.
Script quote on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a feather with small birds and the script words free yourself on a person's upper back.
Free yourself script and feather on upper back
Black ink tattoo on the upper back showing a witch on a broomstick, three birds, the words books are proof humans can do magic, and two geometric symbols.
Witch, birds and quote on upper back
Black and grey shaded butterfly tattoo on the upper back, with a handwritten quote in black script reading I'm a walking travesty but I'm smiling at everything.
Butterfly and handwritten quote on upper back
Black and grey script lettering reading Each day is a gift not a given right across the upper back, shown from behind with blonde hair and a knitted scarf.
Script quote across upper back
Black script lettering tattoo across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade, with a long braid falling over her left shoulder.
Script quote tattoo across upper back
Black fine line script tattoo reading We shall never part, running diagonally across a shoulder and upper back, shown in two close-up photographs.
We shall never part script on shoulder
Black script lettering reading Pain is inevitable suffering is optional, with fine flourishes, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote on upper back
Woman seen from behind with a fine line black script tattoo running down her upper back between the shoulder blades.
Fine line script tattoo across the upper back
Pale lettering reading wit beyond measure runs across the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a lettering style.
White lettering across upper back
Black and grey serif lettering reading I am the architect of my own Destruction, with a small flourish beneath, across a person's upper back.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black fine line tattoo of Belle and the Beast in profile beside a small green and pink rose, with the script words Tale as old as time beneath, on a person's upper back.
Belle and the Beast silhouette with rose on upper back
Black block-letter lettering tattoo reading I'M GONNA KILL YOU, RAY ROMANO across the lower back, shown in a close crop on pale skin.
Block capital quote across the lower back
Black script lettering tattoo of a four-line rhyming verse across the upper back, between the shoulder blades.
Four-line script verse on upper back
Black lettering tattoo of a quote in a typewriter font across the lower back, reading she slept with wolves without fear, for the wolves knew a lion was among them.
Quote tattoo in typewriter font on lower back
Two people seen from behind showing matching black fine line script reading I am because you are on the upper shoulder and upper back.
Matching script quote tattoos on shoulders
Black script lettering reading For those I love, I will sacrifice across the upper back, with a gloved hand at the lower edge of the frame.
Script quote across the upper back
Black script lettering tattooed across the upper back reads You left me beautiful memories, your love is still my guide, and though we cannot see you, you're always at my side.
Script quote across upper back
Black script lettering running vertically down a woman's spine on her back, with a long braid falling over one shoulder.
Script quote down the spine
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading We live with the scars we choose on the lower back of a person lying on a bed.
Script quote tattoo on lower back
Black ink tattoo of a volleyball on a heartbeat line above script lettering, placed on the upper back.
Volleyball heartbeat line with script quote
Fine line black script tattoo reading heaven has taken my hero across the upper back, just below the neck, with hair in a bun above it.
Script quote across upper back
Black lettering tattoo across a woman's upper back, with an ornate decorative initial A and a four-line verse in a gothic-style serif, photographed from behind.
Quote lettering across a woman's upper back
Colour tattoo of a green leafy bundle with white flowers and a banner reading I found within me an invincible summer, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Leafy banner with quote on a shoulder blade
Black and teal fine script quote with swallows, swirls and a purple and teal butterfly tattooed across a person's upper back.
Swallows, swirls and script quote on upper back
Collage of small black fine line tattoos drawn from classic books, shown on upper arms, forearms, shoulders and backs.
Literary tattoos on arms and backs
Black script tattoo on a person's upper back reading Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, with a feather and a flock of birds rising from it.
Feather and birds with script quote on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper back showing a pocket compass, a chain and the script words To Die Would Be An Awfully Big Adventure.
Compass and quote lettering on a shoulder blade
Black and grey fine line cross above a vertical script quote tattooed down the centre of a person's back.
Small cross and vertical script on a back
Upper back tattoo of the words Your battle is my battle above a pink ribbon inside swirling fine line butterfly wings, with the word Mom written on the ribbon.
Pink ribbon butterfly with 'Your battle is my battle'
A grid of photographs of small script tattoos on wrists, forearms, shoulders, neck and ankle, reading words such as imagine, joy, hope and good bye, mostly in black lettering.
Grid of script word and quote tattoos
Black ink tattoo of a mountain range above a script quote on a person's upper back, shown in a close photo.
Mountain peaks and script quote on the back
Black script lettering reading Music saved my soul across the upper back of a person with dark hair and a thin necklace.
Music saved my soul script across upper back
Sepia photograph of a bare back with a fine line script tattoo running vertically down the spine, with the hair pinned up.
Script line down the spine in sepia
Two black script quotes with Roman numeral dates tattooed on a back and an inner forearm, with a chain bracelet worn on the wrist.
Matching script quotes on back and forearm
Black and grey script tattoo of the words If our love could have saved you, you would have lived forever, framed by shaded angel wings and a halo on the upper back.
Angel wings and script quote on upper back
Black handwritten script lettering tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder, photographed from behind in a car.
Handwritten quote across upper back