As the situation developed, the futility of attempting suicide in the middle of a hospital became apparent.
As the situation developed, the futility of attempting suicide in the middle of a hospital became apparent.
This is so much money that it scares the shit out of me. I don't know how to handle it. I don't know the purpose of the company besides making more money. What's all the money going to be used for?
Men could be as big as a house and made of granite, but they all had balls in the same place.
I can be a regular bitch. Just try me.
The job of the financial journalist was to examine the sharks who created interest crises and speculated away the savings of small investors, to scrutinize company boards with the same merciless zeal.
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
What an excellent tool the internet is for freaks.
Mimi was massaging Salander's back and neck. She had been kneading intently for 20 minutes while Salander mainly enjoyed herself and uttered an occasional groan of pleasure. A massage from Mimi was a fantastic experience, and she felt like a kitten who just wanted to purr and wave its paws around.
I'm aware of what you've done for me, and I'm not ungrateful. I appreciate that you actually showed yourself to be greater than your prejudices and have given me a chance here. But I don't want you for my lover, and you're not my father.
The media have the ability to attract the craziest people to call in perfectly absurd tips. Every newsroom in the world gets updates from UFOlogists, graphologists, scientologists, paranoiacs, and every sort of conspiracy theorist.
But if you want to win, you're going to have to fight.
What irritated her most was that they kept brushing off her arguments with patronizing smiles, making her feel like a teenager being quizzed on her homework. Without actually uttering a single inappropriate word, they displayed towards her an attitude that was so antediluvian it was almost comical. You shouldn't worry your pretty head over complex matters, little girl.
No matter how hard she tried to concentrate on something else, to pass the time and to distract her from the situation she was in, the fear came trickling out. It hovered like a cloud of gas around her, threatening to penetrate her pores and poison her.
Isn't it fascinating that Nazis always manage to adopt the word freedom?
The Stock Exchange is something very different. There is no economy and no production of goods and services. There are only fantasies in which people from one hour to the next decide that this or that company is worth so many billions, more or less. It doesn't have a thing to do with reality or with the Swedish economy.
Faste knew better than to argue with a doctor, since they were the closest things to God's representatives here on Earth.
When their love was not reciprocated, it could quickly turn to violent hatred.
Salander was the woman who hated men who hate women.
It doesn't matter how good the enemy's weapons are. If he can't see you, he can't hit you. Cover, cover, cover. Make sure you're never exposed.
Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love!
I don't give a damn what you do with your money. Just sign here that you received it and you can get drunk in peace.
You know what? I think you ought to recruit her for the Section.
Salander's fingers emerged like something dead from beneath the earth. Had there been any human watching, he would probably have reacted like the fox. He was gone like a shot.
It would be deplorable if the special interests had the power to silence those voices in the media that they find uncomfortable.
We need to have a talk on the subject of what's yours and what's mine.
I don't know if I want a steady relationship, but I'm terrified of losing you.
A journalist finds out things by asking questions of people who know.
There were not so many physical threats that could not be countered with a decent hammer.
I've had many enemies over the years. If there's one thing I've learned, it's never engage in a fight you're sure to lose. On the other hand, never let anyone who has insulted you get away with it. Bide your time and strike back when you're in a position of strength-even if you no longer need to strike back.
Wennerström was devoting himself to fraud that was so extensive it was no longer merely criminal-it was business.
If love is liking someone an awful lot, then I suppose I'm in love with several people.
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.
Those pointless equations, to which no solution exists, are called absurdities.
Keep in mind that I'm crazy, won't you?
When I find the motherfucker who tortured an innocent cat to death just to send us a warning, I'm going to clobber him with a baseball bat
I'm not going to apologize for the way I've led my life.
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.
Zalachenko...you're just an ordinary asshole who hates women.
Lie rather still because this is the first time I've used this equipment.
I'm unhappy. I don't want to fall in love with you. It'll hurt far too much when it's over
Dear Government... I'm going to have a serious talk with you if I ever find anyone to talk to.
Armageddon was yesterday, today we have a serious problem.
Martin was dafter than a syphilitic polecat - where do I get these metaphors from?
It was troubling that one of the few people she trusted was a man she spent so much time avoiding
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.
As a girl, she was a legal prey, especially if she was dressed in a worn black leather jacket and had pierced eyebrows, tattoos, and zero social status.
Mikael had rarely managed to surprise Berger. This time she was silent for nearly ten seconds.
Only a woman who had killed a man in battle was allowed to give up her virginity.
From a purely physical standpoint she didn't have a chance, but her attitude was that death was better than capitulation.
Cortez looked like someone newly in love, the way only twenty-four-year-olds can look.
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