Friendship Quotes in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Page 3
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph). We used Reg Keeland/a.k.a. Steven T. Murray's English language translation.
| Quote #7 [Blomkvist:] "This is the way it is – Erika is my best friend. She and I have been together off and on for twenty years […]. […] But we've never been a couple and we never get in the way of each other's romances." (15.97) |
Cecilia Vanger isn't much reassured by Blomkvist's description of his relationship with Berger. Most women Blomkvist meets aren't, including Salander. Why do you think this is?
| Quote #8 She stared straight into the eyes of Mikael Blomkvist, felt panic race through her body, and took a step back. (18.4) |
We just love this first moment when Salander and Blomkvist meet. We've been waiting for it for seventeen whole chapters!
| Quote #9 Blomkvist had known her for five minutes and she was practically giggling with him. [Armansky] felt such a loathing for Blomkvist that he surprised himself. (18.79) |
Poor Armansky – he just doesn't know what to do with his feelings for Salander. He's never met anybody like her. Yet, he views her as exotic, while Blomkvist sees her as a cool chick.
