Wennerström was devoting himself to fraud that was so extensive it was no longer merely criminal–it was business.

I am what I am,' Salander said 'I ran away from everything and everybody. I should have said goodbye.

I believe that everyone has it in them to kill another person. In desperation, or hatred, or at least to defend themselves.

Salander was the woman who hated men who hate women.

Taking away a person's control of her own life - meaning her bank account - is one of the greatest infringements a democracy can impose, especially when it applies to young people. It is an infringement even if the intent may be perceived as benign and socially valid.

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.

Isn't it fascinating that Nazis always manage to adopt the word freedom?