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You cannot compel someone to love. Love is like the wind. It comes when it does, it stops when it does, it changes direction when it does. Who are you and I to criticize the wind?

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
Author
Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
Love
Buddhism
Like
Direction
Changes
Wind
Comes
Compel
Cannot
Stops
Someone
Criticize
Doe
Sexuality

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