Top 108 Quotes & Sayings by Steig Larsson
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
I believe that everyone has it in them to kill another person. In desperation, or hatred, or at least to defend themselves.
their relationship was built on friendship, and in matters of friendship he was boundlessly loyal. It was a relationship that would survive the harshest test.
I am a rapist and a sadistic pig,' if you get that tattoo removed I will carve it into your forehead, do you understand?
You were difficult enough to catch,” Faste said. Salander gave him a long look, satisfied herself that he was an idiot, and decided that she would not waste too many seconds concerning herself with his existence.
He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin.
There were not so many physical threats that could not be countered with a decent hammer.
Salander's fingers emerged like something dead from beneath the earth. Had there been any human watching, he would probably have reacted like the fox. He was gone like a shot.
Armageddon was yesterday, today we have a serious problem.
As a girl, she was a legal prey, especially if she was dressed in a worn black leather jacket and had pierced eyebrows, tattoos, and zero social status.
I'm not going to apologize for the way I've led my life.
Salander was afraid of no-one and nothing. She realized that she lacked the necessary imagination - and that was evidence enough that there was something wrong with her brain.
Always retain the ability to walk away, without sentimentality, from a situation that felt unmanageable. That was a basic rule of survival. Don't lift a finger for a lost cause.
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.
The Stock Exchange is something very different. There is no economy and no production of goods and services. There are only fantasies in which people from one hour to the next decide that this or that company is worth so many billions, more or less. It doesn't have a thing to do with reality or with the Swedish economy.
Normally seven minutes of another person's company was enough to give her a headache so she set things up to live as a recluse. She was perfectly content as long as people left her in peace. Unfortunately society was not very smart or understanding.
Being a homicide detective ca be the loneliest job in the world. The friends of the victim are upset and in despair, but sooner or later - after weeks or months - they go back to their everyday lives. For the closest family it takes longer, but for the most part, to some degree, they too get over the grieving and despair. Life has to go on; it does go on. But the unsolved murders keep gnawing away and in the end there's only one person left who thinks night and day about the victim: it's the office who is left with the investigation.
She's married. I'm more a friend and occasional lover.
Wennerström was devoting himself to fraud that was so extensive it was no longer merely criminal–it was business.
Sometimes they were together so often that it felt as though they really were a couple; sometimes weeks and months would go by before they saw each other. But even as alcoholics are drawn to the state liquor store after a stint on the wagon, they always came back to each other.
Those pointless equations, to which no solution exists, are called absurdities.
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.
I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
No, I don't believe in God, but I respect the fact that you do. Everyone has to have something to believe in.
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.
Dear Government... I'm going to have a serious talk with you if I ever find anyone to talk to.
It was completely impossible to box with her. She had only one style, which we called Terminator Mode. She would try to nail her opponent, and it didn’t matter if it was just a warm-up of friendly sparring.
But if you want to win, you're going to have to fight.
Don't exaggerate. Just give your natural bitchy selves full rein
Salander never forgets an injustice, and by nature she was anything but forgiving.
Only a woman who had killed a man in battle was allowed to give up her virginity.
He comes off a little like Practical Pig in The Three Little Pigs.
Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love!
When other people are grieving, the newspaperman turns efficient.
She had been sharing a house with him for a week, and he had not once flirted with her. He had worked with her, asked her opinion, slapped her on the knuckles figuratively speaking when she was on the wrong track, and acknowledged that she was right when she corrected him. Dammit, he had treated her like a human being.
A journalist finds out things by asking questions of people who know.
You're an entropic chaos factor
Men who just call to say hello generally have ulterior motives.
Take "no" as an encouragement to redouble his efforts, so it was easier to say "yes" right away.
From a purely physical standpoint she didn't have a chance, but her attitude was that death was better than capitulation.
[Her] greatest fear, which was so huge and so black that it was of phobic proportions, was that people would laugh at her feelings.
Her voice was as rough as sandpaper. As long as Blomkvist lived, he would never forget her face as she went on the attack. Her teeth were bared like a beast of prey. Her eyes were glittering, black as coal. She moved with the lightning speed of a tarantula and seemed totally focus on her prey as she swung the club again, striking Martin in the ribs.
Mimi was massaging Salander's back and neck. She had been kneading intently for 20 minutes while Salander mainly enjoyed herself and uttered an occasional groan of pleasure. A massage from Mimi was a fantastic experience, and she felt like a kitten who just wanted to purr and wave its paws around.
Don't call me crazy.I'm a survivor. I do what I have to do to survive.
Impulsive actions led to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.
There are no innocents. There are, however, different degrees of responsibility.
Taking away a person's control of her own life - meaning her bank account - is one of the greatest infringements a democracy can impose, especially when it applies to young people. It is an infringement even if the intent may be perceived as benign and socially valid.
The media have the ability to attract the craziest people to call in perfectly absurd tips. Every newsroom in the world gets updates from UFOlogists, graphologists, scientologists, paranoiacs, and every sort of conspiracy theorist.
And I guess that in some way I'm falling for you because you are who you are. It's easy to sleep with you because there's no bullshit and you make me feel safe. But this all started because I gave in to a crazy impulse. It doesn't happen very often, and I hadn't planned it.
I’ve had many enemies over the years. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s never engage in a fight you’re sure to lose. On the other hand, never let anyone who has insulted you get away with it. Bide your time and strike back when you’re in a position of strength—even if you no longer need to strike back.
If love is liking someone an awful lot, then I suppose I'm in love with several people.
What irritated her most was that they kept brushing off her arguments with patronizing smiles, making her feel like a teenager being quizzed on her homework. Without actually uttering a single inappropriate word, they displayed towards her an attitude that was so antediluvian it was almost comical. You shouldn't worry your pretty head over complex matters, little girl.
There's always someone willing to believe malicious rumours.
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.
Capitalists' wet dreams is to be involved in charity.
Everyone has secrets. It's just a matter of finding out what they are
She saw him drenched with gasoline. She could actually feel the box of matches in her hand.
When their love was not reciprocated, it could quickly turn to violent hatred.
It doesn't matter how good the enemy's weapons are. If he can't see you, he can't hit you. Cover, cover, cover. Make sure you're never exposed.
Consider this a fair warning.
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