12 Quotes & Sayings By David Lagercrantz

David Lagercrantz was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1970. He is the author of the best-selling Stieg Larsson trilogy The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire. Lagercrantz's first novel, The Man Who Smiled was published in 2012 to great acclaim. He has written several other novels including Men Who Hate Women and The Dogs of Riga, which have all been translated into English Read more

His most recent novel, The Girl in the Spider's Web, was published in 2017.

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What had he said about machines?” Block was not entirely sure about that. Something about their eventually being able to think, something which the woman said was at odds with the Christian view of things, just like his sexual inclinations. David Lagercrantz
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We're equal before the law - if we pay the same amount David Lagercrantz
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The apple was meant to take away the bitter taste, perhaps, ” he said.“ I imagine that Mr. Turing wasn’t exactly looking for a taste experience, ” said Corell.“Man always tries to limit his suffering. David Lagercrantz
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A man who can make love with another man can also make love with the enemy. David Lagercrantz
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Your uncompromising attitude makes people feel pathetic. Your very existence reminds them just how much they’ve sold out, and the more you’re acclaimed, the punier they themselves appear. When it’s like that, the only way they can fight back is by dragging you down. The bullshit gives them back a little bit of dignity — at least that’s what they imagine. David Lagercrantz
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You could probably call the whole thing an ordinary love story. David Lagercrantz
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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
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Those who are different, also have a tendency to think differently. David Lagercrantz
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People are so unnecessarily negative about envy. It really ought to be struck off the list of deadly sins. David Lagercrantz
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The capacity of computers is doubling every eight months. It's exponential development. I think it's a real threat, actually, that a computer one day will be more intelligent than us. David Lagercrantz
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I have the deepest respect for Eva Gabrielsson and all she has gone through, but I also know that I make maybe her sad, and I am sad about that, but I make so many other people happy. David Lagercrantz