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

Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature.

Zalachenko...you're just an ordinary asshole who hates women.

If love is liking someone an awful lot, then I suppose I'm in love with several people.

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

When other people are grieving, the newspaperman turns efficient.

Those pointless equations, to which no solution exists, are called absurdities.