„There was a silence. Outside, and most unfortunately, a boy could be heard calling to another boy: ‘Piss off, Cowie.’ Stern looks were fixed on Woolton.“

— Anthony Burgess

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„A ragged urchin, aimless and alone,Loitered about that vacancy: a birdFlew up to safety from his well-aimed stone:That girls are raped, that two boys knife a third,Were axioms to him, who'd never heardOf any world where promises were keptOr one could weep because another wept.“
— W. H. Auden
„Percy muttered. ‘I want to drown her.’‘Be patient, water boy.’‘Don’t call me water boy.“
— Rick Riordan
„Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.“
— Anne Frank