199 Quotes by Stieg Larsson

Nobody can avoid falling in love. They might want to deny it, but friendship is probably the most common form of love.

He was not in love with her – they were about as unlike as two people could possibly be – but he was very fond of her and really missed her, as exasperating as she sometimes was.

But she wished she had had the guts to go up to him and say hello. Or possibly break his legs, she wasn’t sure which.

You mean that your buddy was lying?

Mind Your Own Business.

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.

Her voice was as rough as sandpaper. As long as Blomkvist lived, he would never forget her face as she went on the attack. Her teeth were bared like a beast of prey. Her eyes were glittering, black as coal. She moved with the lightning speed of a tarantula and seemed totally focus on her prey as she swung the club again, striking Martin in the ribs.

Faste knew better than to argue with a doctor, since they were the closest things to God’s representatives here on Earth.