Morality and Ethics Quotes in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Page 2
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph). We used Reg Keeland/a.k.a. Steven T. Murray's English language translation.
| Quote #4 "You've been in my computer, Fröken Salander. You're a fucking hacker." (17.191). |
This is before Blomkvist actually meets Salander, when he's reading the report she did on him for Frode. When he meets Salander shortly thereafter, he's more amused than mad.
| Quote #5 "I call them Salander's Principles. One of them is that a bastard is always a bastard, and if I can hurt a bastard by digging up shit about him, then he deserves it." (18.160) |
This is what Salander says after Blomkvist tries to convince her that people have a right to their privacy, even bad guys. What do you think?
| Quote #6 "But the thing is that when I do a PI, I also look at what I think about the person. I'm not neutral. If a person seems like a good sort, I might tone down my report." (18.160) |
As long as a people aren't hurting another people, Salander doesn't try to mess with them.
