But she wished she had had the guts to go up to him and say hello. Or possibly break his legs, she wasn't sure which.

Oppurtunity Makes the Thief

Crime stories are, as you know, one of the most popular forms of entertainment that exist. If you then try to have something to say... that I have, of course.

I'm aware of what you've done for me, and I'm not ungrateful. I appreciate that you actually showed yourself to be greater than your prejudices and have given me a chance here. But I don't want you for my lover, and you're not my father.

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

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.

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