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> [“Children lose their innocence piece by piece. The layers are carved away until our hearts have been exposed and polished into an unnatural gloss. We spend the rest of our lives trying to remember why we ever loved so passionately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-smith/children-lose-their-innocence-piece-by-piece-the-layers-are-carved/)

[Deborah Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-smith/)

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