“Fire can warm or consume,
water can quench or drown,
wind can caress or cut.

And so it is with human relationshps;
we can both create and destroy,
nurture and terrorize,
traumatize and heal each other”

— Bruce D. Perry

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“Fire can warm or consume,water can quench or drown,wind can caress or cut.And so it is with human relationshps;we can both create and destroy,nurture and terrorize,traumatize and heal each other”

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“Fire can warm or consume,
water can quench or drown,
wind can caress or cut.

And so it is with human relationshps;
we can both create and destroy,
nurture and terrorize,
traumatize and heal each other”