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1 " What had he said about machines?”Block was not entirely sure about that. Something about their eventually being able to think, something which the woman said was at odds with the Christian view of things, just like his sexual inclinations. "
― David Lagercrantz , Fall of Man in Wilmslow
2 " We're equal before the law - if we pay the same amount "
― David Lagercrantz , The Girl in the Spider's Web (Millennium, #4)
3 " The apple was meant to take away the bitter taste, perhaps,” he said.“I imagine that Mr. Turing wasn’t exactly looking for a taste experience,” said Corell.“Man always tries to limit his suffering. "
4 " A man who can make love with another man can also make love with the enemy. "
5 " Your uncompromising attitude makes people feel pathetic. Your very existence reminds them just how much they’ve sold out, and the more you’re acclaimed, the punier they themselves appear. When it’s like that, the only way they can fight back is by dragging you down. The bullshit gives them back a little bit of dignity – at least that’s what they imagine. "
6 " You could probably call the whole thing an ordinary love story. "
7 " Young people are meant to go off the rails politically, aren’t they? And there are certainly far worse things one can do than dream about equality. "
8 " Those who are different, also have a tendency to think differently. "
9 " People are so unnecessarily negative about envy. It really ought to be struck off the list of deadly sins. "
10 " CHAPTER "
― David Lagercrantz , The Girl Who Lived Twice (Millennium, #6)
11 " Everything has its time "
12 " To put it in somewhat drastic terms, Cambridge in the thirties was characterised by two things: a craze for communism and a craze for homosexuality.“Rubbish!” Farley said.“Well, you’re bound to have been busy with other things as well, like drunkenness, geometry and Shakespeare. "
13 " If you wanted to show that someone was a good chap, the essence of a good and clean Englishman, you would say that he was an athlete. "
14 " first you find out the truth. then you take revenge. "
― David Lagercrantz , The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (Millennium, #5)
15 " Where are you going?” Turing had asked.“Nowhere.”“Me too. "
16 " Ha, no, that it’s always the wrong people who have the guilty conscience. Those who are really responsible for suffering in the world couldn’t care less. It’s the ones fighting for good who are consumed by remorse. "
17 " Money talks, bullshit walks. "
18 " It wasn’t just escapism, he persuaded himself. Sometimes the best ideas occur to you while your mind is occupied with something completely different. Pieces of the puzzle can suddenly fall into place. "
19 " How come all lunatics and murderers are religious these days? "
20 " it’s always the wrong people who have the guilty conscience. Those who are really responsible for suffering in the world couldn’t care less. "
