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.

I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people do not do, without those actions having social consequences.

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.

In ordinary detective novels you never see the consequences of what happens in a story in the next book. That you do in mine.

Those pointless equations, to which no solution exists, are called absurdities.

Dear Government... I'm going to have a serious talk with you if I ever find anyone to talk to.