To Sally, Who Showed Me The Benefits

You Walk Around Feeling Like A Teenager And Immortal Your Whole Life, And Suddenly There Isn't Much Time Left.

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.

Being A Homicide Detective Ca Be The Loneliest Job In The World. The Friends Of The Victim Are Upset And In Despair, But Sooner Or Later - After Weeks Or Months - They Go Back To Their Everyday Lives. For The Closest Family It Takes Longer, But For The Most Part, To Some Degree, They Too Get Over The Grieving And Despair. Life Has To Go On; It Does Go On. But The Unsolved Murders Keep Gnawing Away And In The End There's Only One Person Left Who Thinks Night And Day About The Victim: It's The Office Who Is Left With The Investigation.

When This Is All Over I'm Going To Found An Association Called 'the Knights Of The Idiotic Table' And Its Purpose Will Be To Arrange An Annual Dinner Where We Tell Stories About Lisbeth Salander. You're All Members.

But If You Want To Win, You're Going To Have To Fight.