Salander never forgets an injustice, and by nature she was anything but forgiving.

Impulsive actions led to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.

I am a rapist and a sadistic pig,' if you get that tattoo removed I will carve it into your forehead, do you understand?

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.

Men who just call to say hello generally have ulterior motives.

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

But if you want to win, you're going to have to fight.

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

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

I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don't describe anything in the society outside.

I'm not going to apologize for the way I've led my life.

You're off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting so... Get on your way!

The drummer is stereotypically the dumb guy. Maybe that's why I always respect drummers who do more than drum.

I've had several working-man songs that I like.

My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist.

In business you must give something back.

I think cartoons are important. Tell me that you don't like cartoons, and I think there's something wrong with you. I don't understand why people don't like cartoons.

When God is all you have, then all you have, is all you need.

I know my debt of gratitude to the women who went before, I know my responsibility to young women coming forward.

Patience is what you need in the Antarctic. Wait-Give wind and tide a chance to change.

For some high-profile men in trouble, women, especially feminist women, became the all-purpose scapegoats-charged with crimes that often descended into the absurd.