Text tattoo ideas

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Black fine line tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a cross joined to a heartbeat line that ends in an outlined heart, with the words FAITH. HOPE. LOVE beneath.
Heartbeat cross and heart with faith, hope, love
Close photo of the word WHATEVER in thin black capital letters, spaced out in a fine line lettering style along a forearm.
WHATEVER lettering on the forearm
Black fine line script lettering reading stinate, headstrong girl across the ribs, with grey fabric draped over the top of the frame.
Script quote along the ribs
Black script lettering reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, with dark footprints, tattooed across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Quote and footprints across upper back
Black fine-line lettering reading "not all those who wander are lost" runs along the inner forearm.
Quote lettering along a forearm
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo reading F;GHT ON on the forearm, with the I replaced by a semicolon.
Fight on lettering on a forearm
Black ink semicolon above the words My story isn't over in script lettering on the ankle.
Semicolon and quote on an ankle
Two thin black script tattoos on a person's forearms: a short line of non-Latin script on the left arm and a cursive English quote on the right.
Two forearm script tattoos
Fine line black script lettering reading 'We travel not to escape life but for life not to escape us' tattooed along a forearm.
Script quote along a forearm
Black lettering tattoo running vertically down a woman's upper back, shown from behind in a tan suede top.
Vertical script tattoo on upper back
Black script tattoo reading Beyond fear lies freedom with three small birds in flight, placed on a person's upper back.
Beyond fear lies freedom script with birds on back
Fine line black lettering running diagonally up the inner forearm, set in a thin sans serif typeface and rotated so the text reads vertically.
Rotated sans serif lettering on a forearm
Black fine line bell curve above a quote in black lettering, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Bell curve and quote on the ribs
Black fine line script reading live free with three flying birds on the upper back, seen from behind on a woman in a grey sweater.
Live free script and birds on upper back
Back tattoo of a blossom branch with pink flowers and fine black linework, with script lines running through it, on a person lying in shallow water.
Blossom branch tattoo across a back
Black fine line script reading This too shall pass across a woman's upper shoulder, with her face cropped out of the frame.
Script quote tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small bird beside the script words this too shall pass, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Bird and script quote on a forearm
Back of a woman with red hair and a floral top, showing a fine line script tattoo reading forever young across the upper back below the neck.
Forever young script on upper back
Black fine line script tattoo reading Not all those who wander are lost across the outer thigh, with a denim shirt above it.
Script quote on a thigh
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'She flies with her own wings' across a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote on upper back
Black fine line wishbone tattoo with two lines of coordinate text on the inner forearm of a person in a grey knit jumper holding a mug.
Wishbone and coordinates on the inner forearm
Black script reading Love me for who i am runs across the upper back, with a small butterfly above it and a shaded butterfly on the shoulder.
Script quote and butterfly on the shoulder
Fine black angular lettering tattoo on the inner forearm of a person wearing a white top, shown in a close side view.
Small angular lettering on a forearm
Close up of a fine line black script tattoo reading life imitates art along the forearm of a bare arm.
Script quote on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading I could be destroyed but not defeated, with a small flourish, on the side of a torso above the ribs.
Script quote on the ribs
Small black fine line lettering reading F;GHT ON, with a semicolon in place of the I, on the inner forearm.
Fight on lettering on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a winged ball with small script reading I open at the close, on the inner wrist.
Winged ball and script on inner wrist
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Pursuit of happiness running across the outer thigh, with white shorts visible at the left edge.
Pursuit of happiness script on a thigh
Back of a person's neck and upper back showing a fine line black tattoo of the words Not all those who wander are lost, with a small bird on each side.
Quote and two birds on upper back
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading alis volat propriis along the ribs, with the arm raised and a grey and maroon striped top visible.
Latin script tattoo on the ribs
Two matching fine line lettering tattoos, reading GIRL ALMIGHTY on one forearm and SHE'S NOT AFRAID on the other upper arm.
Matching text tattoos on two forearms
Fine line black lettering tattoo reading Curiosity often leads to trouble along a person's hip and upper thigh.
Quote tattoo along the hip
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'this too shall pass' across the upper chest.
Fine line script reading this too shall pass
Black outline tattoo of the cartoon robot Baymax with the words BA LA LA LA LA above it, placed on the lower leg.
Baymax with ba la la text on a lower leg
Fine line black script tattoo reading "Not all those who wander are lost" across the outer thigh, partly covered by a denim shirt.
Script quote along a thigh
Black fine line script tattoo reading so it goes across the forearm, with a white pillow and blue flowers in the soft background.
So it goes script on a forearm
Two forearms with fine line script lettering in black ink, one reading Together forever, never apart and the other maybe in distance but never in heart, with a small red heart.
Matching quote tattoos on two forearms
Fine line black tattoos on a man's forearms showing a stack of book spines, quotation marks, lettering and small flying silhouettes.
Book stack, quotes and birds on forearms
Close up of fine script lettering reading "it can't rain all the time" tattooed across two fingers of a hand with pink nails.
Script quote across two fingers
Fine line black ink tattoo of two hands holding a cat's cradle string, with the words NO DAMN CAT above and NO DAMN CRADLE below, on the outer thigh.
Cat's cradle hands with lettering on a thigh
Fine line black script reading 'everything was beautiful and nothing hurt' running diagonally down the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script quote on the inner forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading pain is inevitable suffering is optional on a bare calf above black strappy heels.
Script quote on a calf above black heels
Black handwritten script reading inhale confidence, exhale doubt, drawn in thin black ink on a white background.
Inhale confidence, exhale doubt script
Black fine line lettering reading this too shall pass with a small arrow beneath it, tattooed on the neck behind the ear.
Quote and arrow behind the ear
Black and grey photograph of two matching fine line script tattoos reading take care on the inner forearms, with the two people holding hands.
Matching take care script on forearms
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a mountain outline above the words Psalm 121 on the inner wrist.
Mountain outline and Psalm 121 on a wrist
Two fine line script tattoos reading sunshine phrases, one along the ribs and one on the inner forearm, in black ink.
Matching sunshine script on ribs and forearm
Thin black script reading Someday followed by three dots, shown as a fine line lettering tattoo design on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Someday script lettering design