Ideas had at 12:30 am while catching up on tumblr

[feuervogel]

Tattoo idea: "It's never too late while you're breathing." In either a cursive font or a book-type font. It's a quote from somewhere in the Vorkosigan series (I forget where, though it was quite likely Cordelia who said it to Miles), and it's been rather motivational for me the last few years.

I don't know where I'd put it, though. I still want to get a phoenix on my left forearm. I also want to get crossed German and Hertha flags on my right ankle. (There's a dragon on my left ankle.)

Thoughts? I need to sleep now. Getting up by 7:30 to finish packing, check out of the hotel and leave for an 11:10 train. More on World Fantasy later (on my Real Blog; I will link.)

Comments

[lisefrac.livejournal.com]

I like the tattoo idea :) I think it's actually a take on the Latin saying, "dum spiro spero," "while I breathe, there's hope." Not sure which you'd rather have indelibly inked on your skin!

[feuervogel]

"dum spiro spero" is certainly pithier! Though I'm rather fond of the Vorkosigan quote. (Which is from The Warrior's Apprentice, according to wikiquote. That's my third-favorite Miles book (after Memory and The Vor Game). All the good quotes from Memory are too long to make a good tattoo, and my favorite is a bit of dialogue...)