Quote by Orson Scott Card

Are you the strongest of all men, so strong that you can be merciful to me, a weak woman? Here is the undoing of your strength: I am not a weak woman. I am not a little queen. And your mercy will be your undoing.

Are you the strongest of all men, so strong that you can be

Summary

The quote challenges the assumption that strength is inherently linked to mercy and the superiority of men over women. The speaker questions if the person, believed to be the strongest, can extend mercy to a weak woman. By asserting her own strength and rejecting the submissive label of a "weak woman" or a "little queen," she highlights the flawed perception that only men possess strength. The quote suggests that the individual's mercy, once offered, will backfire on them, revealing the inaccuracy of their assumption about her weakness.

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