The Girl Who Lived Twice Quotes
"Everyone’s entitled to an identity in death. To a name, and a history."
"People insulted him and shouted at him, or came to him with the craziest tip-offs."
"I believe that even the worst wrecks among us deserve some dignity in death."
"As a journalist he did not want to make himself inaccessible to members of the public."
"But nowadays you could hardly walk more than fifty metres without someone trying to touch you for a few kronor."
"There was no way I was going to keep up, so I dropped out."
"He looked as if he’s gone through both ice and fire."
"It was enough to give her a sense of freedom."
"I’ll go and spend a few days at Sandhamn."
"Hey, how fucking great of you to call and give me some more abuse."
"That weirdo was probably sitting around somewhere, feeling enlightened."
"What have you been through, my old friend?"
"What hellish trials have you had to suffer?"
"Standards and responsibilities allow us to grow."
"Whatever you want. Pizza, Indian, Thai, chips, liquorice sweets…"
"I don’t think we can rule out that somebody was responsible for his death."
"I’m just curious, I’d like to know what the man said."
"This is no life, it’s not possible to go on like this."
"I took Forsell. And I left Mamsabiv … terrible, so terrible."
"It’s a funny thing, Mikael, not ten minutes ago I was thinking about you."
"They’re so arrogant. They don’t even say hello."
"I didn’t sleep last night either, and I have a headache and my back hurts."
"The eye with the faint gleam of humanity is the enamel one."
"It will make us strong, Becka, and soon everything will change."
"What a crap site, this is unbelievably slow."
"There’s envy even on the lowest rung of the ladder."
"She was considered so important to Viktor and the expedition that we risked the lives of many others in our endeavours."
"She was going to get a divorce and tell the press what a narcissistic pig he had been."
"But I should have killed her. Now she’s coming after all of us."
"What’s impossible? I was only asking you not to let him out of your sight, that’s all."
"We thought that Camilla had Zala. That it was two against two in our war, Mamma and me against Zala and Camilla. But that’s not how it was. Camilla was on her own."
"He beat the shit out of me, to be honest. Can you imagine?"
"In the direction of Central Station. For a while I thought I’d follow him. But I had zero chance of catching up."
"I’m not saying anything. But Nima Rita was poisoned, and considering the way he lived it’s not inconceivable that the poison he drank came in the form of a bottle of alcohol, so you can see why I’m interested in this man."
"Well, in that case, there’s one more thing I should mention. He did say that they’d tried to poison him before."
"‘They tried to poison me,’ he yelled. ‘But I ran, I climbed down a mountain to the lake.’"
"At the desk in her hotel room Lisbeth noted that the men from Svavelsjö, among others their president Sandström, were leaving the Strandvägen address."
"She really didn’t want to talk about her own life, or hear how she was actually quite nice deep down, or whatever Mikael had been trying to tell her."
"‘Isn’t the whole Everest thing one big hangover from those days, with white climbers and people with a different skin colour carrying their gear?’"
"‘You can have whatever private life you like, and I’m not going to listen in unnecessarily, at least not unless you say those words.’"
"You can’t go home," she said. "You can’t go home, or to anybody else you’re close to. They’re watching you."
"I really tried to take care of her. I tried. But Mamsahib just fell, and then the storm came, and the mountain was angry and we couldn’t save her. I am very, very sorry for Mamsahib."
"‘I took Forsell. And I left Mamsahib.’ That is what he must have said, and he was therefore presumably talking about Klara Engelman."
"‘Is it really so strange? The neighbours have said you were wearing a bandage on your arm the last few days before you left. That you told them you’d burned yourself with the iron.’"
"‘Your husband seems terrified of this woman. I think he’ll be staying away from you.’"
"‘I don’t think you need worry about him.’"
"‘I don’t know,’ she said, adding – because it seemed like the right thing to say – that she hoped Thomas would be better soon."
"‘The South Wing doesn’t even report to the county council. It’s an independent foundation and I know from old that there’s a working relationship between the military authorities and the clinic.’"
"‘There’s supposed to be another woman in Stockholm, someone who knew Nima Rita and Klara Engelman.’"
"‘He looked as if he could stand in a hail of bullets and simply smile.’"
"‘That’s it, her name was Luna. She meant everything to him, and I honestly think you could have said anything you liked to him. Treated him like dirt, as if he didn’t exist. He didn’t care. But one bad word about his wife and he became like thunder.’"
"‘Well, let’s say no more than is strictly necessary. In any case, I settled here after retiring, not just out of love for the country, but because of one or two complications which are, in a way, connected to the business we were involved in back then.’"
"There may be a part for me to play too. It would appear that Blomkvist and I have a common concern, if Bogdanov is to be trusted."
"Good," she said. "Then I suggest you get moving."
"Love made them want to share," she said.
"That’s not fair to him, Janek," Forsell said. "Nima didn’t have it in for anyone. He was like Viktor. He had divided loyalties."
"There you are, Rebecka. Johannes is a good man, don’t let anyone tell you anything different. He’ll always stand up for the weak," Kowalski said.
"Bloody hell," Blomkvist muttered out loud.
"For Christ’s sake, Johannes, I don’t want to leave you. But I have to, I’m sorry, otherwise we’ll both die."
"I keep wondering what she was thinking," he said.
"Help! For Christ’s sake, is anybody there?!" he shouted out.
"I regret that we didn’t stick together, against him."
"It’s true that my behaviour was deplorable. I put Nima out of my mind, and I had my hands full dealing with my own life and my work."
"We all have things we can’t deal with. In the end you just look away and pretend they’re not happening."
"Her whole body was shaking as she braced herself. She rushed forward to shove her into the furnace. But Salander stepped to one side, and Camilla’s own momentum carried her forward. It was over in no time at all."
"I was growing more and more desperate at the time, and it wasn’t just fear, it was also the self-contempt."
"Don’t be hard on yourself. Dare I ask you to promise—"
"He was most calm in the afternoons, when he had visitors, and sometimes he almost forgot about himself; or at least he managed to keep the memories of the glassworks at bay."