What she had realized was that love was that moment when your heart was about to burst.
Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love!
From a purely physical standpoint she didn’t have a chance, but her attitude was that death was better than capitulation.
She had put on make-up in a colour scheme that indicated she might be colourblind.
Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don’t have trust, the friendship will crumble.
Armageddon was yesterday, today we have a serious problem.
Dear Government… I’m going to have a serious talk with you if I ever find anyone to talk to.
This is so much money that it scares the shit out of me. I don’t know how to handle it. I don’t know the purpose of the company besides making more money. What’s all the money going to be used for?
But she wished she had had the guts to go up to him and say hello. Or possibly break his legs, she wasn’t sure which.
History is reticent about women who were common soldiers, who bore arms, belonged to regiments, and took part in battles on the same terms as men, though hardly a war has been waged without women soldiers in the ranks.
She had taken many more punches to both body and soul than anyone should ever have to endure. But she had been able to rebel every time.
When other people are grieving, the newspaperman turns efficient.
You walk around feeling like a teenager and immortal your whole life, and suddenly there isn’t much time left.
To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it’s an absolute duty.
It seemed hardly feasible that anyone could tune an oil barrel, and even less credible that the barrel could make music like nothing else in the world. She thought those sounds were magic.
It did no good to cry, she had learned that early on.
An introverted person obviously affected by her past. Lived alone, had no sex life, had difficulty getting close to people. Kept her distance, and when she let loose there was no restraint. She chose a stranger for a lover.
People always have secrets. It’s just a matter of finding out what they are.
Salander was an information junkie with a delinquent child’s take on morals and ethics.
She’s married. I’m more a friend and occasional lover.
Capitalists’ wet dreams is to be involved in charity.
If you want to win, you’re going to have to fight.
Every year Swedish society produces a new generation of threatened women who can testify to the lack of legal rights and the lukewarm interest shown by the police and other authorities.