--- description: Temporarily, anyway title: See How Authors Got Tattoos in Honor of Alice in Wonderland image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See How 5 Authors Tattooed Themselves in Honor of _Alice in Wonderland_ by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 14, 2015 1:39 PM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 14, 2015 1:39 PM CUT Many book fans have heard the siren song of tattoo parlors and inscribed their favorite literary quotes forever on their bodies. But for readers who, like Alice, are on the fickle side (“it’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then”), a temporary tattoo is a better solution. For the 150th anniversary of [_Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0143107623/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined"), Penguin Classics teamed up with design company [Litographs](http://www.litographs.com/collections/tattoos "undefined") to create temporary tattoos for Viking and Penguin authors. While any fan can ink up the company’s _Through the Looking Glass_ [design](http://www.litographs.com/collections/tattoos/products/through-tattoo "undefined") (a drawing of the walrus saying, “The time has come”), Penguin’s authors each wore different phrases from the conclusion of _Alice_ in celebration. ### Steven Pinker  Steven Pinker The author of [_The Sense of Style_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0670025852/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") wears “…perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland long ago…” ### Tana French  Tana French The author of [_The Secret Place_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0143127519/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") picked “…remembering her own child-life…” ### Maria Tatar  Maria Tatar The translator of [_The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0143107429/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") wears “…the simple and loving heart of her childhood…” ### Katherine Howe  Katherine Howe The editor of [_The Penguin Book of Witches_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/014310618X/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") wears, “…Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would…” ### Kelly Link  Kelly Link The author of [_Get in Trouble: Stories_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0804179689/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") picks “…and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale…” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4008598/author-tattoos-alice-in-wonderland/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4008598/author-tattoos-alice-in-wonderland/"},"headline":"See How 5 Authors Tattooed Themselves in Honor of Alice in Wonderland","datePublished":"2015-09-14T13:39:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:01:57.045Z","description":"Temporarily, anyway","url":"https://time.com/4008598/author-tattoos-alice-in-wonderland/","keywords":["Books"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4008598/author-tattoos-alice-in-wonderland/","name":"See How 5 Authors Tattooed Themselves in Honor of Alice in Wonderland"}}]}] ```