Henrik Vanger Quotes in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Henrik Vanger: You will be investigating thieves, misers, bullies. The most detestable collection of people that you will ever meet - my family.

Henrik Vanger: Soon you'll know us all too well, with my apologies.

Henrik Vanger: It was then that I noticed Harriet wasn't there. And she wasn't there the next morning, or the next, or the next 40 years.

Mikael Blomkvist: Who knows about this?

Henrik Vanger: Just me, the police, the killer, and now you.

Henrik Vanger: I apologize if you've been having financial problems at the magazine due to Mikael's absence.

Erika Berger: We'll work through them.

Henrik Vanger: Are you sure?

Martin Vanger: How long do you think you can hang on? Six months?

Erika Berger: That sounds about right.

Henrik Vanger: I used to be in the newspaper business. We owned six dailies back in the '50s.

Martin Vanger: We still own one. The Courier, here in town.

Henrik Vanger: Which I let my nephew, Birger, run because he can't run anything else.

Martin Vanger: So, what would you say to taking on a partner?

Erika Berger: Well, we've never had to consider it before. We value our independence very much.

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Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell: What kind is it?

Henrik Vanger: I don't know. White?

Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell: And the frame?

Henrik Vanger: Dark.

Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell: Postmark?

Henrik Vanger: Same as last time.

Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell: And no note.

Henrik Vanger: No.

Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell: I'm so sorry, Henrik.

Henrik Vanger: The enemy of my enemy is... my enemy.