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

Katherine Anne Porter
Children, Childhood, Essentials
Katherine Anne Porter (2008). “Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings”, p.650, Library of America
Childhood is the fiery furnace in which we are melted down to essentials and that essential shaped for good.