In the book The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo there are many useful quotes that add to the theme and the novel as a whole. The first quote I believe has significance is the quote “Everyone has secrets. It’s just a matter of finding out what they are”. This whole book is revolved around unknown secrets. It’s considered a mystery novel for a reason. Every character you run into in this book as secrets. Salander’s whole life is a secret because of how secluded she makes herself from the world that people have no idea who she really is. People just judge her because of her looks and the way she acts but no one really knows how she is on the inside until almost the end of the novel. Blomkvist becomes one of the only people who even try to know her in that way. Salander’s life is the epiphany of that quote. Also Martin who is one of the two serial killers throughout the book keeps a lot of things to himself. For example the fact that he is one of the serial killers Blomkvist and Salander are trying to find because of his great uncle Henrik. Him and his father shared this sadistic side that no one know about except their victims and his siblings. He hid it for years and years before it was discover the afternoon he lured Blomkvist into his basement and tried to murder him. Also another quote that I believe is vital to the work as a whole is, “ It did no good to cry, she had learned that early on. She had also learned that every time she tried to make someone aware of something in her life, the situation just got worse. Consequently it was up to her to solve her problems by herself, using whatever methods she deemed necessary”. This quote goes with one of the main themes throughout the book of violence against women. In my mind this quote shows how strong one of the protagonist Lisbeth Salander really is. She has seen abused and has been abused but yet still finds a reason to move on and the strength to do it. The amount of violence this character endures is nothing like a normal woman should even encounter. To me her character and story is the main point and example of that theme of violence against women.