The Best Book Title-Inspired Tattoos

Thinking of getting a tattoo? Take some advice: go with words instead of pictures.
With images, there’s too much room for error. Say you ask the tattoo artist for a picture of Tinkerbell—it could come out looking like Loni Anderson in a green trash bag. Then what? You’re stuck with a picture of a bleached-out hobo on your shoulder forever, that’s what. Better to stick with words. All you have to decide is what phrase you want, where you want it, and which font best expresses your innermost soul.
Book titles are nice and short, and there are endless ways to use them on your body. One way to pull off a perfect literary tattoo is to split a book title in half and get a pair of tats. Think about how many body parts come in twos: hands, knees, ears, sides of face. These areas are just begging for a two-part title.
Let’s try it with some classics:
Right forearm: War
Left forearm: Peace
Right fist: Crime
Left fist: Punishment
Right breast: Pride
Left breast: Prejudice
Right bicep: The Sound
Left bicep: The Fury
Left buttcheek: Goodnight
Right buttcheek: Moon
Inside of right thigh: Curious
Inside of left thigh: George
Lower back, above jeans waistline: Roget’s
Lower back, below jeans waistline: Thesaurus
You get how this works, right?
Get creative with it and make it work for you. For instance, ladies, you might tattoo The Elements on one side of your chest and Of Style on the other. Then when you find yourself in one of those inevitable hey-fellas-my-eyes-are-up-here moments, you can simply say, “Stop staring at my elements of style.” See? Useful.
So there you have it—a great way to proclaim your love of reading, not to mention a handy technique for weeding out non-book-lovers when making new friends. Have more great literary tattoo ideas? Chime in below. Just remember to run a spellcheck before firing up that needle.
What book title would you get tattooed on your body?