There were not so many physical threats that could not be countered with a decent hammer.

Take "no" as an encouragement to redouble his efforts, so it was easier to say "yes" right away.

Every year Swedish society produces a new generation of threatened women who can testify to the lack of legal rights and the lukewarm interest shown by the police and other authorities.

I will write a couple of books and become a millionaire.

[Her] greatest fear, which was so huge and so black that it was of phobic proportions, was that people would laugh at her feelings.

I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don't describe anything in the society outside.

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