She saw him drenched with gasoline. She could actually feel the box of matches in her hand.
I’m a fast writer, and crime novels are easy to do. It’s much harder to write a 1,000 word article, where everything has to be 100 per cent correct.
History is reticent about women who were common soldiers, who bore arms, belonged to regiments, and took part in battles on the same terms as men, though hardly a war has been waged without women soldiers in the ranks.
I don’t know if I want a steady relationship, but I’m terrified of losing you.
Consider this a fair warning.
Normally seven minutes of another person’s company was enough to give her a headache so she set things up to live as a recluse. She was perfectly content as long as people left her in peace. Unfortunately society was not very smart or understanding.
He felt that he had to find Salander and hold her close. She would probably bite him if he tried.
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.
He comes off a little like Practical Pig in The Three Little Pigs.
Candy within reach and then I have to go on a diet.
It proved once again the theory that no security system is a match for a stupid employee.
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.
She’s married. I’m more a friend and occasional lover.
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.
He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin.
Those pointless equations, to which no solution exists, are called absurdities.
It was completely impossible to box with her. She had only one style, which we called Terminator Mode. She would try to nail her opponent, and it didn’t matter if it was just a warm-up of friendly sparring.
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.
When their love was not reciprocated, it could quickly turn to violent hatred.
If love is liking someone an awful lot, then I suppose I’m in love with several people.