Quotes from Steig Larsson

Salander never forgets an injustice, and by nature she was anything but forgiving.

Faste knew better than to argue with a doctor, since they were the closest things to God's representatives here on Earth.

No, I don't believe in God, but I respect the fact that you do. Everyone has to have something to believe in.

I'm not going to apologize for the way I've led my life.

To Sally, who showed me the benefits of the sport of golf.

Then she made up her mind.It was absurd to pretend that he did not exist.It no longer hurt her to see him. She opened the door wide and let him into her life again.

There was a whole army of people who seemed not to have anything better to do than to try to disrupt her life, and , if they were given the opportunity, to correct the way she had chosen to live it.

She wondered what she thought of herself, and came to the realization that she felt mostly indifference towards her entire life.

In the evening he went to the cinema to see "The Lord of the Rings", which he had never before had time to see. He thought that orcs, unlike human beings, were simple and uncomplicated creatures.

Lie rather still because this is the first time I've used this equipment.

What she had realised was that love was that moment when your heart was about to burst.

If love is liking someone an awful lot, then I suppose I'm in love with several people.

When their love was not reciprocated, it could quickly turn to violent hatred.

Friendship is probably the most common form of love.

Cortez looked like someone newly in love, the way only twenty-four-year-olds can look.

I'm unhappy. I don't want to fall in love with you. It'll hurt far too much when it's over

Men who just call to say hello generally have ulterior motives.

Bullshit," Salander said again. "Gottfried isn't the only kid who was ever mistreated. That doesn't give him the right to murder women. He made that choice himself. And the same is true of Martin.

Salander was the woman who hated men who hate women.