“Isn't it fascinating that Nazis always manage to adopt the word freedom?”

“Don't get me wrong - I was not a Nazi, and in my eyes Hitler seemed like some absurd character in an operetta. But, it would have been almost impossible not to be infected by the optimism about the future, which was rife among ordinary people in Hamburg. - Henrik Vanger”

“Mikael had rarely managed to surprise Berger. This time she was silent for nearly ten seconds.”

“Somehow she managed to survive and dig herself out and—“ “And somehow get back to the farm and swing an axe into Zalachenko’s skull,” Blomkvist finished for him. “She can be a moody bitch.”

“You walk around feeling like a teenager and immortal your whole life, and suddenly there isn't much time left.”

“Bullshit," Salander said again. "Gottfried isn't the only kid who was ever mistreated. That doesn't give him the right to murder women. He made that choice himself. And the same is true of Martin.”

“There's always someone willing to believe malicious rumours.”