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I was sitting outside in our backyard on a summer day, I was around six, and suddenly the whole world dissolved before my eyes and I found myself in a timeless world of light.

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
Whole
Summer
World
Sitting
Dissolved
Outside
Backyard
Eyes
Backyards
Eye
Rama
Found
Timeless
Around
Suddenly
Light
Six

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