Violet Turner quotes from Private Practice

Violet

Okay, look, um, Pete, Sheldon, I'm um... I'm sleeping with both of you. I thought it was okay, but it's not. I realize that I, um, you... you can't do that. I can't do that, and, um, and I'm sorry.

Pete

Who are you? [leaves]

Violet

He's right. I'm a mess.

Sheldon

We're all a mess, don't you know that by now? All I know is, I don't mind finding out... who you are.

Violet

I'm pregnant.

Cooper

You're pregnant?

Violet

And I don't know who the father is. Cooper, we are two of the most emotionally stunted people I've ever known. We've never made any progress in our personal life. We don't do personal growth and now, here you are, getting married and I'm pregnant and we're just growing all over the place.

Violet

Looks like you're good at your job.

Dell

Well, I'm not a doctor but, yes, I know a thing or two about pregnant women.

Violet

Stomach cramps?

Dell

Aren't about the baby.

Violet

What are you talking about? I've an alien being growing inside of me.

Pete

We've made a decision.

Violet

Together?

Sheldon

Paternity test. Now.

Pete

One of us gets out of your hair, the other one... has a right to know.

Cooper

Look guys...

Pete

Know what, Cooper? You moved in, you pushed us out, you claimed your territory, but one thing is clear. This kid you're talking to, is not your kid, so, stay out of it.

Violet

Look, Pete...

Sheldon

The answer is right there for us to know.

Pete

We know that you don't want to face it, but we do.

Addison

[to Violet] Where's Katie?

Violet

She's still in the birthing suite. She needs some space. I'm afraid I'm not going to get through. She's in there staring at my belly. I represent everything she wants. She hates me for it.

Pete

She doesn't hate you. She just wants something she can't have and that's hard.

Pete

[to Violet] I'm not the kind of guy who fights. I just don't see the point to it. And the times I've tried it, you hurt your knuckles, you don't really feel better, it doesn't solve anything. And I guess I'm, at heart, just a pacifist, 'cause I think fighting is stupid, I think war is wrong, and taking up arms for some cause just lacks nobility in today's world. So-

Violet

Pete, Pete-

Pete

I'm not the kinda guy who fights, but I should've fought for you! I should've fought for you, Violet. And I don't really know how else to say it except... I want your kid, whether it's mine or not. And I want your body, whether it's pregnant or not. And I want your heart, whether I have to fight for it or not. And I should've fought for it, but I was confused and angry and scared. So... I am fighting now... because I love you. And I think we can be something. I think we can be a family.

Violet

A year ago, I was stalking a man who wanted nothing to do with me and now I'm turning two good men down. Do I hate myself? Is it me? It it? Am I the problem?

Cooper

Do you think you're the problem?

Violet

Oh, that's very therapeutic, making the patient answer her own question. And now I'm avoiding it.

Charlotte

Are you breast-feeding?

Violet

No, no I'm not. You know a lot of women don't breast-feed, I don't need to breast-feed. Like I should feel bad about it? I'm so sick of people trying to make me feel like I feel isn't what I should feel! If that makes any sense. No, no, Charlotte, I'm not breast-feeding, okay?

Charlotte

What you do with your boobs is your business. I only asked because you look like you need a martini, and if you're not breast-feeding, you can have a martini.

Sam

I know facing her will be hard.

Violet

Being on the same planet with her is hard.

Sam

Alright, well, we could all chip in and get her one of those guest trips to the space station. One-way. We could probably get a discount if it's one-way, right?

Dr. Turner, I'm... I am so sorry. Please tell me you know it wasn't me who did that to you, please tell me you know that.

Violet

Why?

So that I'll know you understand that I'm not a monster.

Violet

That's why you wanted to see me?

That, and I want you to testify. When Dr. Wilder was on the stand, the jury looked at me like I am a monster.

Violet

And you think my testimony will counteract that?

I think if you testify the jurors will know, they will know that I was crazy that night.

Violet

And you'll avoid prison.

I won't get help in prison. I'll slip, I'll be crazy again, I don't ever want to be crazy again. I'm scared. I'm scared of that... that person, that person who did that. It's... it's not about avoiding punishment, it's just... I need, I need help. I need someone on my side.

Violet

You, you, you, you, you gutted me like a pig. You ripped my baby out of my body. You left me there to bleed to death and now I should be on your side? I should care about how sorry you are? I should give a damn about what happens to you? You made my life hell! You made me crazy and now you want a free pass from me?!

Dell

It's one thing coming after me, okay? I can tell you to back off, but going to my wife is inexcusable.

Violet

I, I came to see you...

Dell

Well, you should've walked away.

Violet

I am so sorry if I upset her...

Dell

You upset me! Maybe, maybe I hid. Maybe I should've let all of you know when when we started seeing each other, bur I didn't because I was trying to figure out how I was feeling by myself.

Violet

I get that...

Dell

And everyone gave you space when you were trying to figure out what you wanted. Besides Pete, no one got in your business about, about the choices you've been making about Lucas, choices by the way which we don't all support. You giving up your child but, but we love you and we respect you and we know that this has been tough and we're just trying to be supportive. So if you don't like what I did, it's fine, okay' but respect it!

Violet

[in bed with Captain Montgomery] I should do this more often.

Captain Montgomery

Anytime. [he kisses her]

Violet

Sorry, sorry, I can't, I can't.

Captain Montgomery

You don't need to say anything.

Violet

It's just been a long time since I've felt this way. You know, I've been stuck in my head for so long, the idea that I have a body, that I could be touched... Do you mind my scar?

Captain Montgomery

Not at all.

Violet

I can't look at it.

Captain Montgomery

Then don't. It'll fade. And in the meantime, let it be a reminder that you went through something no else quite understands and survived. And that you... you're in the right to do exactly what you want for a while, whether it's this or anything else.

Addison

I have a question for you. When you slept with my father, when you helped him cheat on my mother, uh, what did you say to him to make him behave actually like a human being?

Violet

Addison, he is a human being.

Addison

Are you that gullible? Lonely? Is that it, what was it?

Violet

It wasn't like that.

Addison

So, then what was it like? Tell me, because with all the faceless nameless women he's rolled around with, you're the first one I can actually ask.

Violet

Okay, um, if if you really want to know, it was, um, it was wonderful. No, I'm sorry if that hurts you or if it doesn't jibe with how you see him, but he was kind and caring, he was a real gentleman. He helped me, he was the first person in a long time that made me feel normal. And maybe I was wrong for doing it, maybe we both were, but he's not a bad person. And I didn't mean to hurt you, Addison.

Addison

Well you did it anyway.

Naomi

I tried. I tried to engage, but I was too late. And now I... Do you know, I used, I used to think of myself as a good person. You know? I was a good friend, a good mother, and a good ex-wife. Something happened and now I... You know, I didn't get it... What you went through, with Lucas, and walking away, I didn't get it. And I know Maya's not like that, but I get it now, I do. I'm sorry.

Violet

You don't get it. You don't... I didn't walk away from my child because I couldn't deal with him, or because I wanted to control what he did. For me, walking away was the... most awful thing in my life, but I, I made a choice, because I thought it was in my child's best interest. I was just... to damaged to do anything but hurt Lucas. So, I walked away, not to avoid him or to control him but to save him. But Nay, you just didn't get your way, so you want to walk away to avoid figuring out what comes next.

Naomi

Okay, I'm going to give you five minutes. You've got five minutes to sulk about what everybody said about you in there. You've got five minutes to cry and scream and to call them every bad name in the book. [Violet tries to interrupt] And then when those five minutes are up, you're going to walk back into that courtroom and you're going to fight for your son.

Violet

I can't...

Naomi

I'm sorry, but the clock is ticking.

Violet

I can't. Damn it, Naomi. You know, maybe he's better off without me, okay? Maybe I am a terrible mother.

Naomi

Wait, that does not mean that you quit! Yes, there will be times when you let your child down, there will be times when you do the wrong thing, there will be times when you are a horrible mother, but that does not mean that you quit. It means that you fight harder. That's what I should have done. So, go back in there and fight. Fight for the both of us.