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41 " Who knows, perhaps the will to please leads people to crime as often as evil or greed does. People want to fit in and do well, and they do indescribably stupid things because of it. Is that what happened here? "
― David Lagercrantz , The Girl in the Spider's Web (Millennium, #4)
42 " if you operate in an unhealthy culture you risk becoming just as unhealthy yourself and – who knows – perhaps it is the will to please that leads people to crime just as often as evil or greed. "
43 " I.Q doesn’t mean a thing. Göring had a high I.Q. you can still be an idiot. - Leo Mannheimer "
― David Lagercrantz , The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (Millennium, #5)
44 " He did not come across as a crook . But then crooks are often very good at presenting the,selves as the saintliness of saints, and Blomkvist was not go8ng to let hi,self be impressed by the large amounts of money Mannheimer apparently gave to charity, or the fact that he seemed bright and modest. "
45 " Many people feel they are missing someone "
46 " we’re equal before the law—if we pay the same amount. "
47 " The dignity of a society is defined by the way it looks after its weakest members. "
― David Lagercrantz , The Girl Who Lived Twice (Millennium, #6)
48 " To be alive, Professor Sharif, means not being completely consistent. It means venturing out in many directions all at the same time, "
49 " They locked her up and kept trying to break her. But she kept coming back, and do you know what I think?” “No.” “She got stronger each time. She became positively lethal. "
50 " The sum of all vices does not remain constant. Each one breeds another. "
― David Lagercrantz , Fall of Man in Wilmslow
51 " I like stupid questions,” Rimmer said. “They allow one to feel intelligent for once. "
52 " the financial market is not something that exists like you or I, Karin, or this bottle of water on the table. The moment we stop believing in it, it ceases to exist. "
53 " the one who hates men who…” “…hate women. "
54 " He understood immediately, and asked, ‘What about the fire the dragon is breathing?’ I said it was the same fire that burns inside everyone who is being trampled on. The same fire that can turn us into ashes and waste, but which sometimes, if some old fool like Holger spots us, plays chess with us and talks to us and just takes an interest, can become something totally different: a force which allows us to strike back. "
55 " If God is indeed omnipotent, is he then capable of creating something more intelligent than himself? "
56 " el mal no desaparece, tan sólo se transforma adoptando otras formas de vida. "
57 " The pace of growth goes on increasing and in the end it escapes our control. "
58 " Money talks, bullshit walks. First and foremost the magazine had to pay its way. "
59 " It strengthened his long-held conviction that one must never underestimate anyone or cling to preconceived ideas. "
60 " This isn’t a negotiation, it’s not even a conversation. I’m just setting out the terms, that’s all. "