It was troubling that one of the few people she trusted was a man she spent so much time avoiding

We need to have a talk on the subject of what's yours and what's mine.

No, I don't believe in God, but I respect the fact that you do. Everyone has to have something to believe in.

When I find the motherfucker who tortured an innocent cat to death just to send us a warning, I'm going to clobber him with a baseball bat

Everyone has secrets. It's just a matter of finding out what they are

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.

From a purely physical standpoint she didn't have a chance, but her attitude was that death was better than capitulation.