Tattoos...

... are forever. Well, in most cases this holds true and, after all, this is the idea of it: that you can't just wash it off! Thus, getting one should be considered very carefully. Still, my poor little tattoo-liking and book-loving heart has just been tempted again. Want to see what did it? Really? Watch your blood pressure cause here goes:

(c) Robert Presutti, The New York Times

Tataaaaa! Isn't this lovely??? A little voice in my ear keeps yelling at me that it's just a teeny tiny one after all - psychomachia for this bibliophile! According to several articles on the internet, literary tattoos appear to be on the rise and have become a new mode of self-expression. These tattoos, in most cases, consist of short and memorable quotations or little icons like this one here.

So what about you, book lovers and loveresses? Would you wear your passion for literature on your sleeve... ahem, skin? If so, what kind of needle work would you get? Please satisfy my curiousity and post your comments below.