Steig Larsson Quotes - Page 4

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• 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.

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  Courage, Legs, Hello

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• Candy within reach and then I have to go on a diet.

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  Goes On, Candy, Within Reach

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• It proved once again the theory that no security system is a match for a stupid employee.

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  Stupid, Security Systems, Theory

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• Salander was the woman who hated men who hate women.

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  Hate, Men, Hated

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• Consider this a fair warning.

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  Warning, Fairs

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• 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.

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  Paws, Mimi, Massage

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• When their love was not reciprocated, it could quickly turn to violent hatred.

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  Hatred, Violent, Turns

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• If love is liking someone an awful lot, then I suppose I'm in love with several people.

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  Love Is, People, Liking Someone

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• Take "no" as an encouragement to redouble his efforts, so it was easier to say "yes" right away.

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  Encouragement, Effort, Easier

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• 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.

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  Blood, Talking, People

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• She had put on make-up in a colour scheme that indicated she might be colourblind.

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  Might, Schemes, Colour

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• He's pulling the load of an ox and walking on eggshells.

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  Eggshells, Walking, Pulling

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• 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.

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  Father, Appreciate, Ungrateful

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

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  Nazi, Fascinating, Manage

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• Plague might be a social incompetent, but he was unquestionably a genius.

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  Genius, Might, Social

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• She wondered what she thought of herself, and came to the realization that she felt mostly indifference towards her entire life.

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  Realization, Indifference, Felt

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• 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.

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  Reality, People, Different

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• His attitude had always been that if a woman clearly indicated that she did not want anything more to do with him, he would go on his way. Not respecting such a message would in his eyes, show a lack of respect for her.

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  Attitude, Eye, Goes On

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• A journalist finds out things by asking questions of people who know.

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  Asking Questions, People, Journalist

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• Her absence had felt like torture--almost a form of personal punishment. He had nobody to discuss his feelings with, and for the first time he realised with appalling clarity what a destructive hold she had over him.

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  Punishment, Feelings, Firsts

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• Salander never forgets an injustice, and by nature she was anything but forgiving.

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  Forgiving, Never Forget, Injustice

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• I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.

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  Demonstration, Margins, Propositions

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• I am what I am,' Salander said 'I ran away from everything and everybody. I should have said goodbye.

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  Goodbye, Should Have, Said

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• Harley-Davidson," she said. "Sweet.

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  Sweet, Said, Harley

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• [Her] greatest fear, which was so huge and so black that it was of phobic proportions, was that people would laugh at her feelings.

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  Greatest Fear, People, Laughing

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