Stieg Larsson Quotes

“Salander leaned back against the pillow and followed the conversation with a smile. She wondered why she, who had such difficulty talking about herself with people of flesh and blood, could blithely reveal her most intimate secrets to a bunch of completely unknown freaks on the Internet.”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

“Salander in love. What a fucking joke.”
― Stieg Larsson

“To Sally, who showed me the benefits of the sport of golf.”
― Stieg Larsson

“At some point on the morning of the second day she came to a terrifying realisation. She had no idea how it had happened or how she was supposed to cope with it. She was in love for the first time in her life.”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

“Her problem was that she could not interpret her own feelings for him. Not since before reaching puberty had she lowered her guard to let another person get so close as she had with him. To be quite honest, he had a trying ability to penetrate her defences and to get her to talk about personal matters and private feelings. Even though she had enough sense to ignore most of his questions, she talked about herself in a way that she would never, even under the threat of death, have imagined doing with any other person. It frightened her and made her feel naked and vulnerable to his will.”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

“Don't get politics mixed up in this. It's all about money and it makes no difference if the Social Democrats or the moderates appoint the ministers”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

“Nu, eu nu cred în vinovăția colectivă. E o rușine pentru cei amestecați.”
― Stieg Larsson

“[Stieg] was describing Sweden the way it was and the way he saw the country: the scandals, the oppression of women, the friends he cherished and wished to honor.”
― Eva Gabrielsson

“¿Podría rendir Stieg un homenaje más hermoso a las mujeres que el de convertirlas en heroínas de novelas políacas feministas y mostrarlas tal como las veía: libres, valientes y lo bastante fuertes para cambiar el mundo negándose a ser víctimas?”
― Eva Gabrielsson

“Lisbeth Salander era la mujer que odiaba a los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire