A journalist finds out things by asking questions of people who know.

Impulsive actions led to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.

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's always someone willing to believe malicious rumours.

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.

Her absence had felt like torture--almost a form of personal punishment. He had nobody to discuss his feelings with, and for the first time he realised with appalling clarity what a destructive hold she had over him.

She wondered what she thought of herself, and came to the realization that she felt mostly indifference towards her entire life.