“As a girl she was legal prey, especially if she was dressed in a worn black leather jacket and had pierced eyebrows, tattoos, and zero social status.”
 
– Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Quercus, 2008)
 
 
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 “What is hidden in snow comes forth in the thaw.”

– Swedish proverb
 
 
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