“Salander was an information junkie with a delinquent child's take on morals and ethics.”

“People always have secrets. It's just a matter of finding out what they are.”

“Armageddon was yesterday, today we have a serious problem.”

“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.”

“You're going to get a present from me so you'll always remember our agreement."She gave him a crooked smile and climbed on to the bed and knelt between his legs. Bjurman had no idea what she intended to do, but he felt a sudden terror.Then he saw the needle in her hand.He flopped his head back and forth and tried to twist his body away until she put a knee on his crotch and pressed down in warning."Lie rather still because this is the first time I've used this equipment.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Capitalists' wet dreams is to be involved in charity.”

“Salander was an information junkie with a delinquent child's take on morals and ethics.”

“It did no good to cry, she had learned that early on.”

“Consider this a fair warning.”