Violet Allen > Quotes

“He’d never done anything like that before, but people often never do things right before they always do them.”
― Violet Allen, Out There Screaming

“I didn't tell anyone because I knew no one would believe me. It's exactly the kind of clingy bullshit that gets me into trouble. This stuff now, the heart and the ants, not really my style. I've never had hallucinations or delusions. But once you crack the seal on being a crazy person, people don't really make a distinction.”
― Violet Allen, Out There Screaming

“I was very bad, but I always thought I would become good someday. Like without any work or anything. Just one day I would be great at it, a star. Same with living life, really. I always thought I would just become normal one day.”
― Violet Allen

“We are allowed to leave. We are not prisoners. We just have to sign out first.

(The Synapse will Free Us from Ourselves by Violet Allen)”
― Violet Allen, A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers