I can give her no greater power than she has already, said the woman; don't you see how strong that is? How men and animals are obliged to serve her, and how well she has got through the world, barefooted as she is. She cannot receive any power from me greater than she now has, which consists in her own purity and innocence of heart. If she cannot herself obtain access to the Snow Queen, and remove the glass fragments from little Kay, we can do nothing to help her. Hans Christian Andersen
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When the woman said she could not give the girl greater powers than she already had, she only meant that the Snow Queen's powers were twice as great as those of ordinary mortals. This is because, in order to gain access to the Snow Queen, the girl had to use her own purity and innocence of heart to gain entry. This shows how much more powerful the Snow Queen was than any mortal. She was able to take her servants and make them do exactly what she wanted them to do. The only person who could stand up to her would have to use her own purity and innocence of heart to fight against her.

Source: The Snow Queen

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