Top 80 David Lagercrantz Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “He might be quick to smile and adept at handing out compliments, but his smile never reached his eyes.”

— David Lagercrantz

52. “We’re equal before the law – if we pay the same amount.”

— David Lagercrantz

53. “Kim Peek, for example, who was the basis for Rain Man, was severely mentally handicapped and could not get dressed by himself. Yet he had memorized twelve thousand books and could give a lightning-quick answer to almost any factual question.”

— David Lagercrantz

54. “Identical twins have identical genes, pretty much,” he said. “Certain.”

— David Lagercrantz

55. “Faria Kazi heard them and thought of.”

— David Lagercrantz

56. “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.”

— David Lagercrantz

57. “If she broke a surgeon’s fingers or delved into the theft of some advanced AI technology, you could be sure that she had not only thought it through to the last particle, she would also have a reason. Salander was not one to forget an injustice. She retaliated and she righted wrongs. Could her involvement in this story be connected to her own background? It was by no means inconceivable.”

— David Lagercrantz

58. “He felt puffy, worn out, and bald.”

— David Lagercrantz

59. “To be alive, Professor Sharif, means not being completely consistent.”

— David Lagercrantz

60. “What is there left once you have lost your manliness?”

— David Lagercrantz

61. “ACKNOWLEDGMENTS My sincere thanks to my agent, Magdalena Hedlund; Stieg Larsson’s father and brother, Erland and Joakim Larsson; my publishers, Eva Gedin and Susanna Romanus; my editor Ingemar Karlsson;.”

— David Lagercrantz

62. “You could probably call the whole thing an ordinary love story.”

— David Lagercrantz

63. “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.”

— David Lagercrantz

64. “If joy could express itself with the same force as pain,” he said.”

— David Lagercrantz

65. “People want to fit in and do well, and so they do indescribably stupid things.”

— David Lagercrantz

66. “Blomkvist had heard this line before. He had even spoken to an old lady who claimed that it was actually she who had written the Harry Potter books and that J. K. Rowling had stolen everything by telepathy.”

— David Lagercrantz

67. “It looked both aggressive and religious at the same time, Ivan said.” “Not a good combination.”

— David Lagercrantz

68. “But most important of all, he kicked off in the humble tone he had been taught in his management courses:.”

— David Lagercrantz

69. “But the world had gone mad, in his opinion. Lies and stupidity were more widespread than ever before. Demagogues and psychopaths dominated the political scene, and prejudice and intolerance were poisoning everything, sometimes even penetrating the discussions within his own, otherwise sensible team.”

— David Lagercrantz

70. “My old man used to say that there’s even an end to eternity.”

— David Lagercrantz

71. “Of course people resented those who exude such boundless energy. They make the rest of us feel small and feeble in comparison.”

— David Lagercrantz

72. “We risk being confronted by an explosion of intelligence, a technological singularity, as Vernor Vinge put it. Everything that happens after that lies beyond our event horizon.”

— David Lagercrantz

73. “That is no doubt the disadvantage of having intelligent friends. They see straight through you.”

— David Lagercrantz

74. “Prime numbers have become secrecy’s best friends.”

— David Lagercrantz

75. “He was undoubtedly intelligent and well informed, but too right-wing for Grane’s tastes. It was rare to find a well-educated Swede who was also a wholehearted supporter of the American Republican Party – he even expressed some sympathy for the Tea Party movement.”

— David Lagercrantz

76. “Talent – it doesn’t just achieve results, it attracts other gifted people and helps create an environment that people want to be in.”

— David Lagercrantz

77. “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.”

— David Lagercrantz

78. “Kira was on her way, unhinged on top of everything else.”

— David Lagercrantz

79. “What matters is for us to understand that life is serious and rich. We should appreciate it and also try to make the world a better place.”

— David Lagercrantz

80. “I saw her eyes and then it no longer mattered how neat and tidy she looked. What I saw was lethal. Her eyes were jet black.”

— David Lagercrantz

81. “If you can afford a strong defence you can get away with whatever you want these days.”

— David Lagercrantz

82. “You either have a useful contribution to make or you don’t, regardless of whether you’re head of the office or the emperor of China.”

— David Lagercrantz

83. “We’ll never let him do that to you again. Never.”

— David Lagercrantz

84. “Anhelamos marcharnos lejos y quedarnos en casa al mismo tiempo.”

— David Lagercrantz

85. “Maybe a few fabulous drawings were nothing as compared to being able to ask for a glass of milk, or exchange a few words with a friend, or a father. What did he know?”

— David Lagercrantz

86. “There is rioting in the suburbs; an openly racist party sits in Riksdagen, the parliament; intolerance is growing; fascism is on the rise and there are homeless people and beggars everywhere. In many ways Sweden has become a shameful nation.”

— David Lagercrantz

87. “The truth is of course a difficult discipline for us. Not only do we have to discover it. We’ve also got to handle it in the right way. It’s enough to wear you down, isn’t it?”

— David Lagercrantz

88. “From now on I want you to carry an Android phone with you, a Samsung or something. You must have one at the office?” “Yes, I think there are a couple.” “Good. So go straight into Google Play and download the RedPhone app and also the Threema app for text messaging. We need a secure line of communication.”

— David Lagercrantz

89. “That our enthusiasms and passions are an important part of our personality and if you take them away you remove something very fundamental.”

— David Lagercrantz