Martin was dafter than a syphilitic polecat - where do I get these metaphors from?

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.

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

Bullshit," Salander said again. "Gottfried isn't the only kid who was ever mistreated. That doesn't give him the right to murder women. He made that choice himself. And the same is true of Martin.

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 unhappy. I don't want to fall in love with you. It'll hurt far too much when it's over

Normally seven minutes of another person's company was enough to give her a headache so she set things up to live as a recluse. She was perfectly content as long as people left her in peace. Unfortunately society was not very smart or understanding.