daniel hopkins

“May I ask a personal question?” She looked at him. He waited until she nodded. “That dragon tattoo … Why did you get it?” “You didn’t see it before?” He smiled all of a sudden. “I mean I’ve glanced at it, but when you were uncovered I was pretty busy stopping the bleeding and extracting bullets and so on.”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

“I’m sorry for your wasted journey,” Jonasson said. “I’d be glad to discharge her because we certainly don’t have any beds to spare here. But—” “Could she be faking?” Jonasson smiled politely. “I really don’t think so. You see, Lisbeth Salander was shot in the head. I removed a bullet from her brain, and it was 50/50 whether she would survive.”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

“Swedish democracy is based on a single premise: the Right to Free Speech (R.F.S.).”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest