Quotes by Stieg Larsson

About Stieg Larsson:

Karl Stig-Erland is best known for writing the "Millennium trilogy" of crime novels, which were published posthumously. Larsson lived much of his life in Stockholm and worked there in the field of journalism and as an independent researcher of right-wing extremism.
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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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When she came to her senses again she cut off all contact with him. It had not been easy, but she had steeled herself. The last time she saw him she was standing on a platform in the tunnelbana at Gamla Stan and he was sitting in the train on his way...

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She hardly ever began conversations with strangers just to talk. It was not a matter of shyness. For her, a conversation had a straightforward function. How do I get to the pharmacy? or How much does the hotel room cost? Conversation also had a profe...

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Dear Government... I'm going to have a serious talk with you if I ever find anyone to talk to.

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From a purely physical standpoint she didn't have a chance, but her attitude was that death was better than capitulation.

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He was not in love with her—they were about as unlike as two people could possibly be—but he was very fond of her and really missed her, as exasperating as she sometimes was.

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When other people are grieving, the newspaperman turns efficient.

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Consider this a fair warning.

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She had stared at him for a whole minute and decided that she did not have a grain of feeling left, because it would have been the same as bleeding to death. Fuck You.

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She was afraid that it was a moral issue, and that was one of his weaknesses. He was Salander’s friend. She knew her brother. She knew that he was loyal to the point of foolhardiness once he had made someone a friend, even if the friend was impossi...

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13 NOTES She hesitated. For two years she had kept as far away from Mikael Blomkvist as she could. And yet he kept sticking to her life like gum on the sole of her shoe, either on the Net or in real life. On the Net it was O.K. There he was no more t...

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You walk around feeling like a teenager and immortal your whole life, and suddenly there isn't much time left.

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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?

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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.

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No, she did not want to go to hospital. Yes, she would like a cup of tea. Only then did she begin to think rationally again.

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If you want to win, you're going to have to fight.

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An introverted person obviously affected by her past. Lived alone, had no sex life, had difficulty getting close to people. Kept her distance, and when she let loose there was no restraint. She chose a stranger for a lover.

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It did no good to cry, she had learned that early on.

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Salander was an information junkie with a delinquent child's take on morals and ethics.

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Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love!

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She's married. I'm more a friend and occasional lover.

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Author Bio

  • NameStieg Larsson
  • DescriptionSwedish author
  • BornAugust 15, 1954
  • DiedNovember 9, 2004
  • CountrySweden
  • ProfessionJournalist; Writer; Editor
  • WorksMillennium Trilogy
  • AwardsGlass Key Award; Swedish Crime Writers' Academy; ; Macavity Awards; Barry Award; Barry Award; Honorary Citizenship