Candy within reach and then I have to go on a diet.

...you have no idea how mentally handicapped I could be if push comes to shove.

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

He felt that he had to find Salander and hold her close. She would probably bite him if he tried.

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.

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

Blomkvist had indeed had many brief relationships. He knew he was reasonably good-looking, but he had never considered himself exceptionally attractive. But he had often been told that he had something that made women interested in him . . .that he radiated self-confidence and security at the same time, that he had the ability to make women feel at ease. Going to bed with him was not threatening or complicated, but it might be erotically enjoyable. And that, according to Blomkvist, was as it should be.