Tattoo Tuesday {20} I Capture the Castle

Do you have a literary tattoo? I’d love to feature it!

Just send me an email with a picture and story behind it.

Blogs Participating in Tattoo Tuesday:

Padfoot & Prongs @ Good Books Inc

Anna contacted me with her amazing literary tattoo. The quote, placement, and font are all beautiful! (click to enlarge)

My literary tattoo is from Dodie Smith’s I Capture the Castle and is my own personal mantra.  The book speaks volumes to me, and is my go-to comfort book.  It speaks volumes to me and has given me the strength to work my way through the different heartbreaks that come in life. The original quote is “I love you. I love you. I love you.” and is the last words we see in the novel.  In the film version of I Capture the Castle the quote is changed to “I love. I have loved. I will love.”  I love this quote, and I chose it because it’s a personal mantra of mine and speaks on all levels- about love and resilience, and about strength.  When Cassandra, the protagonist’s journey ends she has just said no to a Happily Ever After with the man she loves, for many different reasons, one of which being that she is his second choice.  When she says this it as though she is saying that everything is going to be okay, and although things seem to be bad at the moment, life moves on.  She loves.  She has loved before, and she will love again.  She is loving and full of love and she will never give up.  This, I think is Cassandra’s way of keeping her chin up, and handling her heartbreak in the most grace and dignity she can.  These things mean so much to me because as I go throughout my life I wish to handle the negative situations that life hands us with the same grace and resilience and dignity.  I went with a typewriter font and lowercase letters because it’s what made the most sense to me and it’s how I felt that this message should be read- in a calm, factual manner.

Thank you so much Anna for letting me share your tattoo!!