After writing over two dozen hubs on tattoo ideas that showcased pictures as the majority of the content, I started noticing that a large portion of the comments were from people asking for ideas on what to say, not so much on how to say it. Like Lindsay, for example, who commented on the hub Tattoo Ideas: Words & Phrases and said: "I want some sort of latin script with a phrase having to do with karma." Or Jesso, who said:  "I have a colourful fish on my left lower back, but next I want a script.. .. just what I don't know... something positive to remind me every day is mine, I am in control of my destiny."

The tricky thing about quote tattoos is that nine times out of ten they can't be too long. Unless you have a huge expanse of skin that you plan on dedicating to the tat, like a forearm or your entire back, you're going to need to pick a quote that's short enough to fit in a small area. A few years ago my girlfriend wanted to get something I had written tattooed on her in my handwriting. The quote she wanted was twenty-one words long, and she wanted it somewhere on her inner forearms. As she is already fairly heavily tattooed, there was no criteria such as having to get it on a place that could be easily hidden if need be. She's lucky. She ended up getting it running lengthwise down her arm next to the word GIRL that was already there. Most people don't have the same flexibility as her. Maybe your job is too professional for tattoos and piercings, or you don't want your mother to see it. If that's the case, then a quote tattoo can be challenging to find space for.  And if you think you're going to fit an entire poem (unless it's a haiku) on your wrist by shrinking down the letters to a size 5 font, you're mistaken. Good tattoo artists will only let you make the lettering so small, because they know that tattoos blend, fade and bleed over time. The smaller the font, the better the chance that you'll be left with a meaningless blob ten years down the road.  So although there are millions of wonderful quotes about the beauty of love, I've tried to only assemble the ones that are on the shorter side, while still being meaningful. 

I went back through all 2,000+ comments on my previous hubs and tried to identify the most common themes people requested when asking for help with quote ideas. In addition to being a voracious reader, I've been compiling quotes in notebooks and journals since I was thirteen. This hub is second in a series of hubs broken down by category that started with Tattoo Ideas: Quotes on Strength, Adversity, Courage.  Please, if you have any ideas or would like to share a favorite quote of yours, feel free to comment! The examples I've chosen for this particular hub may not resonate with everyone. You might read it and get nothing out of it. But my hope is that something will resonate with someone, somewhere, and the words written here will inspire you to take a step you may not have taken otherwise.

“Sometimes I fancy others more,” she whispers to the back of 
my ear, “but you take me farther.” 
-Emma Donoghue:  Hood  

Trip over love, you can get up.  Fall in love and you fall 
forever.
-Author Unknown   

True love stories never have endings.   
-Richard Bach   

Grow old with me!  The best is yet to be.  
-Robert Browning  

There is always some madness in love. But there is also 
always some reason in madness. 
-Nietzsche  

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, 
there can be no more hurt, only more love. 
-Mother Teresa  

Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life. 
-Richard Bach  

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two 
chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are 
transformed. 
-Carl Jung  

Lovers don't actually meet. They collide.  

There is nowhere I stop and you begin.  

Thank you for touching me. Some of the only moments worth 
living were spent with you. 
-Henry Rollins  

May you find someone who will forget your past and nail you 
back together.  
-Richard Bach: The Bridge Across Forever  

A soul mate is someone who has locks that fit our keys and 
keys to fit our locks. 
-Richard Bach: The Bridge Across Forever  

Our soul mate is the one who makes life come to life. 
-Richard Bach: The Bridge Across Forever  

Our love lives because I live. 
-Anais Nin  

When one does not love too much, one does not love enough. 
-Blaise Pascal  

Love is stronger than death. 
-"The Crow: City of Angels"  

The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be 
loved in return. 
-"Moulin Rouge"  

I'd rather spend a lifetime with you then to live all the 
ages of this world alone. 
-"Lord of the Rings"  

Everything I've done, I've done for you. I move the stars 
for no one. 
-"Labyrinth"  

My love runs deeper than the wounds. 
-Henry Rollins  

Forget this life 
Come with me 
Don't look back you're safe now 
Unlock your heart 
Drop your guard 
No one's left to stop you 
-Evanescence