Megan Phelps-Roper Quotes

Paul's words are not the Words of God. They are the words of Paul- a vast difference.

I tell my mum everything. Even things she doesn't want to know.

I choose not to see my parents because I value myself - and they didn't value me or my mind.

My brother, he just thought I was crazy.

My mom's mission my entire teenage years was just to save my life.

'Like Father, Like Son' gave me the opportunity to show when it is not good with a father.

If my parents don't like something, they tell me on my face. You get real feedback from them.

My relationship with my dad was a little rocky, sure. The time that I spent with him was basically two hours of Little League practice, six or seven days a week, from the age of five until whenever. If we lost, there was no talking the whole way home. But that seemed normal to me.

When I see siblings in some families not get along, I just struggle with that. My wife says I need to be more real about it, but I just can't believe it when it happens.

I love my brother. But I'm not a yo-yo. He can't just keep spinning me in and out of his life.

I love my son, but I was never there for him, so I understand why he hates me.

Family is family, but sometimes they do hurt you. They don't mean to, but they can, and sometimes you have to fend for yourself.

A betrayal in a family is much more devastating than a betrayal among friends, or even lovers.

I'm just looking at how my dad's treating me and how my mom's treating me, and my mom has kind of backstabbed me a couple times.

People forget how the same children brought up with affection, effort, and love are the ones who later kick their parents.

I have a very non-existent, dysfunctional relationship with my biological mother.

My grandmother is really awful sometimes.

Family politics are worse than world politics. That's all I can say. You don't get to choose your family; you get to choose your friends. Your family is imposed upon you.

It's no secret that I have, at best, a strained and awkward relationship with my dad. The Wasserman family - my mom, my sister, Lew and Edie - raised me. They are the people I define as my family.

I love my mum and dad, but they were shocking providers and carers.

All my mother ever wanted to talk about was what she hated about my father and the times he cheated on her when he was younger. It really irritated me, and I told them they had to sort things out between themselves. Looking back on that, I see that it was really cold of me as a son.

I feel like my dad was really, really peak-level embarrassing, whether he was screaming at me or just cheap and rude.

I would probably confess that I was the greatest disappointment of my mother's life, but my father only admired his son's moxie, drive, hustle, and wherewithal to pursue his dreams no matter how I achieve them.

The Trees was four complete nuts. We didn't have a damn thing in common except insanity. So we fought a lot. And we had two brothers - who fought like brothers.

The people you are supposed to be able to trust the most is your family, and when that trust is broken, it's painful.