Literary Tattoos

We all love books. We have tons of them. We read and read and read. (And, so says Mike Denison, we think superior intellectual thoughts to boot.) But would you put your love of books on yourself as a tattoo? According to this short blurb, literary tattoos are the new rage:

Tattoos may be associated in the public mind with bikers and football hooligans, but the growing popularity of more literary designs is finding an outlet on the internet.

Have your say: What quotation would you choose for a tattoo?

People whose body art is inspired by their favourite novel, poem or song are posting pictures on their tattoos on number of new blogs and websites devoted to the trend.

Many of the designs are short, memorable quotations, but others - often covering the person's entire back - are composed of entire chunks of books.

Posters to contrariwise.org, a literary tattoo site, show a broad range of influences, from William Shakespeare to Dr Seuss.

But a handful of authors, notably Sylvia Plath and Kurt Vonnegut, seem to hold a particular appeal.

Here is the link to the blurb, with numerous pictures of people's literary tattoos: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/07/15/batattoos116.xml