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For my dear sister. Done by my friend Markus

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

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It’s from Steve Jobs’ commencement speech at Stanford in 2005. Growing up, I’ve always been a fan of Steve and his work. His death really hit me hard as I was a big fan. Starting my first semester at college just months ago, I came in a bit confused of what I want to do in life. This quote really inspires me to try new things expecting any result whether it be success or failure. It tells me that you learn from your mistakes and you only learn by taking that first step. 

Got it done at Andromeda Tattoo/Studio 33 in NYC

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This is my first tattoo, and I’m completely in love with it! The “stay gold.” is a reference to the amazing book The Outsiders, and just getting it shows my undying bookworm-ness and love for literature. The quote itself has huge weight in the story, and it has a ton of meaning for me. It is first brought up in the novel when Ponyboy and Johnny watch a sunrise together, and reflect on the fact that it can’t be sunrise all the time, and that “nothing gold can stay.” Ponyboy quotes Robert Frost’s poem: “Nature’s first green is gold,/ Her hardest hue to hold./ Her early leaf’s a flower;/ But only so an hour./ Then leaf subsides to leaf./ So Eden sank to grief,/ So dawn goes down to day./ Nothing gold can stay.” Ponyboy mentions that he always remembered the poem because he wasn’t quite sure what Frost meant. The sunrise itself has significance for me, and that meaning ties into the tattoo. The actual quote is Johnny’s last words to Ponyboy, which are “Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.” Ponyboy isn’t quite sure what he means by that, but it’s explained when he reads Johnny’s letter to him. A few excerpts from that (the parts that are relevant): “I’ve been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you’re gold when you’re a kid, like green. When you’re a kid everything’s new, dawn. It’s just when you get used to everything that it’s day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That’s gold. Keep that way, it’s a good way to be… And don’t be so bugged about being a greaser. You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There’s still lots of good in the world…” Basically, what Johnny meant when he said stay gold was for Pony to stay true to himself, to keep his dreams and make what he wanted of himself, and to never lose his wonder of the world. And now I will always have that reminder to hold onto my innocence and sense of creativity and to retain my curiosity about the world, and to never give up hope in the world. To never let life become dull. To remember that even after the darkest night, dawn will come. And I can hold onto that sunrise. I can stay gold.

Done at Big Bear Tattoo in The City of Big Bear Lake, artist: Bill Carlson.

This is a tattoo from the cover of the book “To kill a mockingbird” by Harper Lee. It was done by Jason Kelly at Memorial Tattoo in Atlanta, GA. When i save up some more money I will add some leaves to the tree.  

To kill a mockingbird has always been my favorite book and I remember reading it as a 14 year old for the first time. I specifically remember thinking: “if I ever have a daughter, I’d like her to be just like Scout.” 

Nine years later and I have a four month old daughter, who we named Scout Harper. I got this tattoo as a reminder of preserving innocence, striving for justice, and to always remember never to judge. 

All of the characteristics I pray my daughter will have. 

Milo and the Spelling Bee from Norton Juster’s book, “The Phantom Tollbooth”

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John Keats - Ode On A Grecian Urn

I started planning this tattoo when I was about 16 and started writing fiction stories and reading almost constantly. It morphed many times throughout planning before I finally fell in love with this design. I was going to have it say “I Cannot Live Without Books” a quote by Thomas Jefferson that I found at the Library of Congress, but once it was finished i decided against the words.

Ink was done by Erin at Creative Images tattoo in Fridley, MN

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte has been my favourite book for a long time.

“And when friends are on the eve of separation, they like to spend the little time that remains to them close to each other. Come - we’ll talk over the voyage and the parting quietly, half an hour or so, while the stars enter into their shining life up in heaven yonder: here is the chestnut tree; here is the bench at its old roots. Come, we will sit there in peace to-night, though we should never more be destined to sit there together.”

Tattoo was done at Sacred Tattoos, Auckland, NZ (www.sacredtattooshop.com)

My A Midsummer Night’s Dream back tattoo.