Favorite Downton Abbey Quotes
Mary: We're going, Barrow, and I hope things improve for you. I really do.
Thomas: I'd say the same if it weren't impertinent, M'Lady.
You are the only woman I know who likes to think herself cold and selfish and grand. Most of us spend our lives trying to hide it.
Violet [to Mary]
I believe in love. I mean, brilliant careers, rich lives, are seldom led without... just an element of love.
Violet
Mary: I believe I've met my match. I have. I'm not 20, trembling at the touch of your hand, but I know that if I leave you now I'll never be as happy as we could've been together.
Henry: I'm not 20 either but I still tremble at the touch of your hands.
Mary: Me, too. I don't know why I said that.
Rosamund: What do you think makes the English the way we are?
Violet: I don't know. Opinions differ. Some say our history, but I blame the weather.
Edith: Oh, Papa. Did you ever think we'd get to this day?
Robert: I'm not sure. [chuckles] Maybe. You've always surprised me, you know. But no one can plan on a brilliant match.
We are very grateful to you, Carson. I hope you know that. Very grateful indeed. For everything.
Robert
It is your kingdom now, your village, it is your hospital. And... I think you run it very well.
Violet
Violet: Makes me smile, the way every year we drink to the future, whatever it may bring.
Isobel: Well, what else could we drink to? We're going forward to the future, not back into the past.
Violet: If only we had the choice!
Edith: And you wrote so well about dressing for town and country in autumn. Could we have a little more of that?
Spratt: Oh, I'm full of ideas when it comes to combining comfort and elegance, m'lady.
Lord Merton: I'm not too downcast. I've had a good innings. Seen and done a lot in my time. I should've liked to have been married to you. But no man can have everything. And at least we're friends again.
Isobel: Oh, yes. We're friends again.
It's good to be in love, whatever age.
Violet
