Marisa Shares Some Vonnegut

I love a good literary tattoo, especially when I recognize the text and the author.<br /><br />I met Marisa after I spotted these six familiar words below her neck:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8YvtPfOyDrENLFgBIZswwRXhYv436TP3DpshTKxtbOoqdXOKdHQl-cW7eWq-YAfmIM2ffYlux89woh7dHaztsA__-AFSYhh-PpRHN-898x-w_8HUTeNQtNz3raUfjThZW3snok9rMHM/s1600/vonnegut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8YvtPfOyDrENLFgBIZswwRXhYv436TP3DpshTKxtbOoqdXOKdHQl-cW7eWq-YAfmIM2ffYlux89woh7dHaztsA__-AFSYhh-PpRHN-898x-w_8HUTeNQtNz3raUfjThZW3snok9rMHM/s400/vonnegut.jpg" width="365" /></a></div><br /> The quote "Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt" refers to an epitaph inscribed on a tombstone in Vonnegut's classic novel, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughterhouse-Five">Slaughterhouse-Five</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn87V9n5zz9bQX8hMIDGEB1gS9LqjsNfuQqHVxMNcNr1ogZ56HAZHZdDnheh-gLgPtmavSoJWVEiK_tlVPblyYrNRx_EFhY8-gUUrpP_OdFcXlKvrNSkO_1b7qbi8IjB_bJ1BwwalTDx8/s1600/TombSlaughterhouse5.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn87V9n5zz9bQX8hMIDGEB1gS9LqjsNfuQqHVxMNcNr1ogZ56HAZHZdDnheh-gLgPtmavSoJWVEiK_tlVPblyYrNRx_EFhY8-gUUrpP_OdFcXlKvrNSkO_1b7qbi8IjB_bJ1BwwalTDx8/s1600/TombSlaughterhouse5.gif" /></a></div>This is Marisa's one and only tattoo and she explained why she chose this particular quote:<br /><blockquote>"I was going through a hard time and it helped me out a lot - it's just one of those quotes, so meaningful ... that I just needed to have it on me."</blockquote>Marisa and I share a mutual appreciation of Vonnegut's work and, despite the greatness of <u>Slaughterhouse-Five</u>, we both liked <u>Cat's Cradle</u> better.<br /><br />The word were inked at <a href="http://www.highrollertattoony.com/">High Roller Tattoo</a> in Hicksville, New York.<br /><br />Thanks to Marisa for sharing this classic literary tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br />And remember, you can see more literary tattoos at <a href="http://www.contrariwise.org/">Contrariwise</a> and <a href="http://tattoolit.com/">The Word Made Flesh</a>.<br /><br /><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=widgetsamazon-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B0027DOSZG&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> <div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div><br /><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=widgetsamazon-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000JVH78S&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>

Marisa Shares Some Vonnegut

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