“I will say, this is something, this praying for people to die thing, t...” — Megan Phelps-Roper Quote

“I will say, this is something, this praying for people to die thing, that's something that I came to believe was unscriptural. And for years, I made these arguments to my family, in writing, privately in letters that didn't get responses and in interviews. And for a while, they just doubled down. Eventually, they came to stop doing it.”

“I try to focus on using my energy to change things, but there are times when I feel so bad.”

“Westboro's fire and brimstone message was the air I breathed all my life. But after joining Twitter at the age of 23, I encountered people who challenged my beliefs and unearthed contradictions my blind faith had missed.”

“The argument has been made that smart women on screen are already enough of a minority to make up for the lack of women of color. Nope. Not good enough.”

“The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.”

“Workers who come to the U.S. see their wages and their standard of living boosted sharply simply by crossing the border. That's a good thing, and one of the best arguments for immigration reform, even if you'll rarely hear a politician make it.”