Salander was afraid of no-one and nothing. She realized that she lacked the necessary imagination - and that was evidence enough that there was something wrong with her brain.

When other people are grieving, the newspaperman turns efficient.

Friendship is probably the most common form of love.

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

There are no innocents. There are, however, different degrees of responsibility.

Always retain the ability to walk away, without sentimentality, from a situation that felt unmanageable. That was a basic rule of survival. Don't lift a finger for a lost cause.

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