I guess I'm far too literal-minded. The whole time I simply assumed the giants were a normal God parable. I was rather non-plussed about the whole quote until I saw "A meditation on childhood" and then my head exploded. I don't even remember being a kid anymore.
I saw it coming before I read the line that explicitly mentioned childhood.
Take off every 'quote'! You know what you doing. For great insight. Move 'quote'.
And if you don't: