Violet Turner quotes from Private Practice

Violet

Let's get this straight, Lucas was not born, he was ripped from my body and afterwards I was fighting for my life and my sanity, so I couldn't quite focus on who the father was.

We all understand the amount of stress that you were under, but in that situation, in any situation, don't you think putting your own needs first is the antithesis to being a good mother?

Violet

I've spent a lot of time thinking like that, Miss Broome. A lot of time thinking that I was poison for my child. But now I know that that is not true. I have gone to therapy, I have done the work, and I know with every fiber of my being that I am ready to be Lucas's mother. And when I wasn't ready, I gave him to the one person I knew that would put Lucas's life before his own, and that was Pete. And my friends stepped in and helped, and they are protective of Lucas, and as hard as it is to hear their concern for me, I'm glad that they're protective. But I am back, and I'm not going to apologize or be made to feel bad for doing what was best for my child and for me. I am here today because I'm healed, and I want to share custody of my son. I'm ready to share in the burden of parenting, and I deserve that chance because I did the work, because I got better and because I am Lucas's mother. I am Lucas's mother, and no one else can say that.

People don't change.

Violet

Of course they do.

They modify, they adjust, but underneath we are who we are.

Violet

That's not true. I know it's not true. My entire career is based on helping people become who they can be. People do change, I've seen it.

People just bet better at covering up their flaws.

Violet

Are we all just waiting for me to have a PTSD freak out?

No. What? Stop, why would...

Violet

Oh, who am I kidding? I am freaking out. We should all be freaking out. A year ago, I was dying and we got through that, we got another year under our belts. And once again, here we are, in the same place, with somebody else... I just want to scream to whoever keeps doing this, to just stop, stop bringing us here with another one of our own dying.