Childhood is the fiery furnace in which we are melted down to esse

Childhood is the fiery furnace in which we are melted down to essentials and that essential shaped for good. – Katherine Anne Porter

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Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows. – John Betjeman, Summoned by Bells

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