Quote tattoo ideas

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Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading with every mistake we must surely be learning, across the ribs of a person wearing a leopard print top.
Script quote across the ribs
Two people in black and grey bras show matching fine line script tattoos on their ribs, reading To infinity and and beyond.
Matching "To infinity" and "and beyond" script on ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a stack of books topped with a scroll, with two rolled pages below and the words I have lived a thousand lives above, on the ribs.
Stacked books and quote on ribs
Black ink fine line tattoo of an open book with lettering and a cup of coffee on a saucer, placed on the side of the torso above the hip.
Open book with library quote and coffee cup
Fine line black outline tattoo of a lion cub with orange shading and the script words Remember who you are, on the side of a torso above a waistband.
Lion cub and script quote on the side ribs
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo reading "to be loved; to be in love" in a typewriter-style font, placed on the side of the torso above a dark waistband.
"To be loved; to be in love" lettering on the side
Black blossom branch tattoo with the script 'until we meet again' on the side of the ribs, with a small pink lip mark below.
Blossom branch and 'until we meet again' on ribs
Collage of five black tattoos in fine line and lettering, including a quote on the ribs, the number 9 3/4 on a wrist, a cat on the hip and a face on the forearm.
Five small black tattoos: quotes, a cat and a face
Black fine line script tattoo on the side of the ribs reading two lines of text, Live without the sunlight and Love without your heartbeat.
Script quote along the ribs
Black typewriter-font lettering tattoo of a quote running in stacked lines down the side of the ribs.
Typewriter-font quote down the side of the ribs
Black and white photo of two people's sides, each with a fine line script tattoo on the ribs: a ship's wheel with a quote on the left and an anchor with a quote on the right.
Ship's wheel and anchor with script on the sides
Black fine line tattoo of a flying saucer with a tractor beam, two small sparkles and the words GET IN, LOSER, on the side of the ribs.
UFO with tractor beam and quote on the ribs
Black and grey script tattoo reading 'Here's to a long line of sinners like me' across the side of the ribs.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of pine trees and mountains inside a circle, with the words The journey is the reward around the edge, on the side of the body.
Pine trees and mountains in a circle with a quote
Black fine line script tattoo reading what if you fly on the side of a torso, above a patterned blue top.
Script quote reading what if you fly
Black and grey tattoo on the side ribs showing three dreamcatchers with shaded feathers and the script quote Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
Dreamcatchers and script quote on ribs
Fine line black script reading We only part to meet again across the ribs, with a small bird design above it on the right.
Script quote and small bird on ribs
Black fine line script quote tattoo running across the side of the ribs, partly covered by a grey towel.
Script quote along the ribs
Black script reading Sisters by chance, Friends by choice, with three small swallow silhouettes, on the side of the ribs in fine line lettering.
Script quote with swallows on the ribs
Black handwritten script tattoo reading living is easy with eyes closed, running across the ribs, with a pink and white striped top lifted above it.
Handwritten quote along the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a feather dissolving into a flock of birds, with the script line Sometimes when you fall, you fly, on the side of the ribs.
Feather and birds with script on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of three butterflies with shaded wings and a line of script, on the side of a torso above the hip.
Three butterflies and script on the ribs
Dark blue-black script lettering reading through every dark night, there is a brighter day, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Two photographs of matching black and grey infinity symbol tattoos with script wording and a small heart, shown on the side of the ribs.
Infinity symbol with sister quote on ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading we are who we are for a lot of reasons, in a simple sans serif font on the ribs.
Quote lettering along the ribs
Close side view of a dark script tattoo reading We all have a story to tell, in Lettering style, along the ribs below a pink bikini strap.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo reading Let it be in black ink on the side of the ribs.
Let it be script on the side ribs
Fine line black script reading Take these broken wings and learn to fly, curving down the ribs beside a small bird silhouette.
Script quote and bird on ribs
Two photographs: black script reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good on the side of a torso, and black lettering reading Mischief Managed with flourishes on a forearm.
Script quote and lettering tattoos on skin
Fine line black script tattoo reading We need never be hopeless, running diagonally along the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey tattoo on the side of the ribs showing flying silhouettes against soft clouds, with a curved script quote above them.
Peter Pan silhouettes and quote on ribs
Black script lettering reading everyone deserves the chance to fly, tattooed along the side of a ribcage above a teal bra.
Script quote along the ribs
Black lettering tattoo on the side of the ribs reading We bury the ones we love and burn the rest, with the word burn in a heavy, flame-like style.
Quote lettering on the ribs
Black script lettering arranged in a heart outline with a small red heart at its centre, tattooed on a person's side above the ribs.
Script words forming a heart on the side
Black script lettering on the side of the ribs reads 'She who leaves a trail of glitter is never forgotten'.
Glitter quote lettering on ribs
Two small tattoos: a red and white rocket with the words and beyond in black script on the ribs, and a cowboy hat with the words to infinity in blue script on the thigh.
Rocket and cowboy hat tattoos with quotes
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading "If you can dream it, you can do it" on the side of the ribs, with a hand and ring visible above.
Black script quote on the side ribs
Close up of a fine line black script tattoo reading With pain comes strength along the ribs of a person wearing a grey sports bra.
Script quote reading With pain comes strength on ribs
Black typewriter-style lettering reading I am burdened with glorious purpose runs along the side of a torso, shown in two stacked photographs.
Typewriter quote along the side of the ribs
Black script lettering on a side ribcage reading a line about being stitched together, with coloured sewing motifs including a red thread spool, three buttons and a tomato pincushion.
Script quote on ribs with sewing motifs
Black lettering tattoo of a long passage about passion running vertically down the side of a torso over the ribs.
Passion quote lettering down the side
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, a feather, a pocket watch, butterflies and cursive script along the ribs and side of the torso.
Roses, feather and script on a side torso
Close-up of a typewriter-style quote, 'Art Is The Weapon Imagination IS The Ammunition', in black ink with multicoloured watercolour splashes on the ribs.
Quote with watercolour splashes on the ribs
Black and grey realism style dandelion tattoo on the ribs with drifting seeds and the words behaving as the wind behaves along the stem.
Dandelion seeds and script on ribs
Black script lettering reading How we survive is what makes us who we are, tattooed across the ribs with some redness around it.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Black script quote reading I will fly, chase the wind and touch the sky, beside an arrow and feather tattoo on the side of a ribcage.
Arrow and feather with script quote on ribs
Black handwritten script tattoo reading What We Do In Life and Echoes In Eternity across the side of the ribs.
Two-line quote in script on the side ribs
Black blackletter lettering in four lines runs down the side of a torso, forming a quote about hope beneath it all.
Blackletter quote along the side ribs