“Salander assessed the situation and saw that it was anything but under control. Her brain was working at high speed. Click, click, click.”

“Salander was afraid of no-one and nothing. She realized that she lacked the necessary imagination - and that was evidence enough that there was something wrong with her brain.”

“Don’t ever fight with Lisbeth Salander. Her attitude towards the rest of the world is that if someone threatens her with a gun, she’ll get a bigger gun.”

“He felt that he had to find Salander and hold her close. She would probably bite him if he tried.”

“Salander in love. What a fucking joke.”

“Salander was the woman who hated men who hate women.”

“What do you need me for? Salander's greatest fear, which was so huge and so black that it was of phobic proportions, was that people would laugh at her feelings. And all of a sudden all her carefully constructed self-confidence seemed to crumble.”