Friendship Quotes in The Girl Who Played With Fire Page 3
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
| Quote #7 "Bullshit," Armansky said. "You've got an attitude problem and you treat people like dirt when they're trying to be your friends. Simple as that." (8.25) |
Do you think Armansky's assessment is correct? Salander has a complicated relationship with him. He used to be her boss, and she was always afraid she would interfere in her life. But, has he ever treated her as a friend? Well, maybe he is now. True or not, what he says is what she needs to hear in order to grow in her life.
| Quote #8 She fed him one bite at a time. Normally Palmgren hated being spoon-fed, but he understood Salander's need.[…] She was feeding him as a gesture of humility – in her case an extraordinarily rare occurrence. (8.95) |
Palmgren and Salander have a pretty tender friendship. But it's taken over a decade to build. It's beautiful to watch how this friendship continues to grow in the The Girl Who Played With Fire.
| Quote #9 Lisbeth Salander a triple murderer. [Paolo Roberto] could hardly believe it. Not that skinny little fucking freaky chick. But should he do something about it? And if so, what? (20.108) |
We can just tell by his tone that real-life boxer Paolo Roberto is a friend of Salander – even though she wouldn't know it. In her book, she's totally unfriendable.
