The editor of The Sketch wants me to write for him. He saw my letter to The Times and wants to give me a regular column.

Edith

Matthew: I don't know. I thought Edith's letter to The Times was rather interesting.
Edith: Don't bother, Matthew. I'm always a failure in this family.

Matthew: Edith has had an opportunity to write a newspaper column.
Violet: When may she suspect an offer to appear on the London stage?

But this can't be. She's 24 years old. This can't be.

Robert

We'll look after them. We'll look after them both. Don't you worry about that.

Cora

Mary: She was the only person living who always thought you and I were such nice people.
Edith: Oh Mary. Do you think we might get along a little better in the future?
Mary: I doubt it. But since this is the last time we three will all be together in this life, let's love each other now, as sisters should.

Cora: I should. I want to. I have to apologize for our behavior.
Mary: What? Why?
Cora: Because if we'd listened to him, Sybil might still be alive. But Sir Phillip and your father knew better and now she's dead.

Is it over? When one loses a child, is it ever really over?

Cora

She hates London so she's coming to her Great Aunt in Yorkshire to have a good time. How original.

Isobel

Robert: Bloody hell.
Cora: Welcome to the Highlands.

My dear, no one can accuse me of being modern, but even I can see that it's not a crime to be young.

Violet

It puzzles me why you choose to employ amateurs like my daughter.

Robert

Downton Abbey Quotes

Anna, help me do battle with this monstrosity. It looks like a creature from the lost world.

Violet

But no, I'm not back in the Army. It appears they don't want me.

Lord Robert