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She had been sharing a house with him for a week, and he had not once flirted with her. He had worked with her, asked her opinion, slapped her on the knuckles figuratively speaking when she was on the wrong track, and acknowledged that she was right when she corrected him. Dammit, he had treated her like a human being.
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It did no good to cry, she had learned that early on.
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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.
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Salander was the woman who hated men who hate women.
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I’ve had many enemies over the years. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s never engage in a fight you’re sure to lose. On the other hand, never let anyone who has insulted you get away with it. Bide your time and strike back when you’re in a position of strength—even if you no longer need to strike back.
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Only a woman who had killed a man in battle was allowed to give up her virginity.
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Every year Swedish society produces a new generation of threatened women who can testify to the lack of legal rights and the lukewarm interest shown by the police and other authorities.
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Zalachenko...you're just an ordinary asshole who hates women.
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The whole organization seemed to be in free fall, indulging in a collective fantasy in which experienced colleagues refused to admit that their every movement, every decision that was made and implemented, only led them one step closer to the abyss.
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When other people are grieving, the newspaperman turns efficient.
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He comes off a little like Practical Pig in The Three Little Pigs.
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A journalist finds out things by asking questions of people who know.
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To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it's an absolute duty.
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I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people do not do, without those actions having social consequences.
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I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don't describe anything in the society outside.
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As the situation developed, the futility of attempting suicide in the middle of a hospital became apparent.
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Armageddon was yesterday, today we have a serious problem.
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