Only a real asshole takes liberties with someone else's car stereo. That's serious.

The health of the people I love is all that really matters in this world. Period.

In Anger Management,' he said,'we had to do all this role-playing stuff. You know, to get used to handling things in a less volatile way.' 'You role-played,' I said, trying to picture this. 'I had to. It was court-ordered.

Fine...a word that you said when someone asked how you were but didn't really care to know the truth.

And I felt a sudden whirl in my head, knowing this leap was inevitable, that I wasn't just standing on the cliff, toes poking over, but already in mid-air.

It wasn't like I was some expert on the meaning of being supportive. Was it being loyal even against your better judgement? Or, like Olivia, was it making your displeasure known from the start, even when someone didn't want to hear it?

This is what daughters did. They left, and came home later with lives of their own.