J. Redel

You Won’t Ever Get Over It

Mike Salton Sea for the last time, 2021. iphone 12 Pro iColorama app

I’ve never been the same since my brother died. There is a melancholy inside me that never goes away. I’m 50 percent happy and 50 percent sad at any given moment. And the only advice I can give people for when you lose someone like that is…you won’t ever get over it. And the more you know that and embrace it, the better off you are.

— Billy Bob Thornton

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