“What she had realized was that love was that moment when your heart was about to burst.”

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

“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 ...”

“Ive had many enemies over the years. If theres one thing Ive learned, its never engage in a fight youre sure to lose. On the other hand, never let anyone who has insulted you get away with it. Bide...”

“Kalle Fucking Blomkvist”

“Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the fri...”

“If it is worthy doing, it worth doing so well.”

“Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.”

“Our higher duty is to fear God.”

“When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for t...”

“You know Balbec so well - do you have friends in the area?'I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not vanquished, which huddle together with touching obstinacy to implore...”

“Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying youre friends is easy. Being friends is not.”

“Have you ever dealt with people who have lost everything in just an hour? In the morning you leave the house where your wife, your children, your parents live. You return and you find a smoking pit...”

“Success is the best revenge.”

“Revenge sex is not something we seek, but once in your mouth it can be liberating if you just swallow.”