How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph). We used Reg Keeland/a.k.a. Steven T. Murray's English language translation.
Quote #7
"I want to have sex with you. And I won't have any problem working with you, but I will have a hell of a problem if you kick me out now." (21.142)
Well aren't we forward, Salander? How could the Blomkvist resist a line like that? He's not one to turn away a lady.
Quote #8
"I've never touched another man, as a matter of fact…except for my father. That was my duty." (24.93)
We see the sheer insanity of Martin peeping through the suave CEO/cocky serial killer. We feel terrible for the boy Martin who was raped by his father and exposed to who knows what horrors. But he sure doesn't seem to resist practicing horrors on others.