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

“Oppurtunity Makes the Thief”

“It seemed hardly feasible that anyone could tune an oil barrel, and even less credible that the barrel could make music like nothing else in the world. She thought those sounds were magic.”

“She was like a nagging itch, repellent and at the same time tempting.”

“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.”

“When all the media assertions were put together, the police appeared to be hunting for a psychotic lesbian who had joined a cult of Satanists that propagandized for S&M sex and hated society in general and men in particular. Because Salander had been abroad for the past year, there might be international connections too.”

“And they lived horribly ever after, scaring the socks off all who fell afoul of them.”