When other people are grieving, the newspaperman turns efficient.

I've read crime fiction all my life. A thing that's bothered me about crime fiction is that it's generally about one or two people, but there's not much about society. I want to get away from that particular pattern: a lead, a supporting role and backdrop characters.

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

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

I'm not going to apologize for the way I've led my life.

To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it's an absolute duty.

Salander never forgets an injustice, and by nature she was anything but forgiving.