The Heart's Invisible Furies

by John Boyne

‘Every man is afraid of women as far as I can see,’ said Julian, displaying an understanding of the universe far beyond his years. ‘That’s true,’ she said. ‘But only because most men are not as smart as women and yet they continue to hold all the power. They fear a change of the world order.’

That she has more power than every man in the room combined, because men are weak and governed by their desires and their desperate need for women but women are strong.