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

“There was a whole army of people who seemed not to have anything better to do than to try to disrupt her life, and , if they were given the opportunity, to correct the way she had chosen to live it.”

“You were difficult enough to catch,” Faste said. Salander gave him a long look, satisfied herself that he was an idiot, and decided that she would not waste too many seconds concerning herself with his existence.”

“That held for a few minutes, until the head of Budget pointed out that SA was not much better than SS.”

“From a purely physical standpoint she didn't have a chance, but her attitude was that death was better than capitulation.”

“I’m not arguing. I just think that it’s pathetic that creeps always have to have someone else to blame.”

“And yet he kept sticking to her life like gum on the sole of her shoe, either on the Net or in real life. On the Net was OK. There he was no more than electrons and words. In real life, standing on her doorstep, he was still fucking attractive. And he knew her secrets just as she knew all of his.”