“Girls are made of water and boys are made of mud. When I am with girls I feel fresh and clean, but when I am with boys I feel stupid and nasty.”

—  Cao Xueqin, book Dream of the Red Chamber

Source: Dream of the Red Chamber (c. 1760), Chapter 2

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