Favorite Downton Abbey Quotes
War has a way of distinguishing between the things that matter and the things that don't.
Matthew
Thomas: I don't know why I'm crying really. She wouldn't have noticed if I died.
Anna: You don't mean that.
Thomas: No, no I don't. In my life I can tell you not many have been kind to me. She was one of the few.
Cora: You are being tested. And you know what they say my darling. Being tested only makes you stronger.
Edith: I don't think it's working with me.
Alfred: They're showing a movie tonight in the village, down east. It's about woman who survives in the wilderness by her own wits and courage.
Miss O'Brien: Blimey. They've stolen my story.
Robert: They do say there's a wild man inside all of us.
Violet: If only he would stay inside.
We all live in a harsh world. But at least I know I do.
Tom
I don't believe it. Must I be undermined at every turn?
Carson
Mr. Carson: Now, if I was a gentleman, I wouldn't want to know.
Mrs. Hughes: But you're not.
Mr. Carson: Fortunately.
I hope I'm allowed to be your Mary Crawley for all of eternity and not Edith's version, or not anyone else's for that matter.
Mary
I don't want thumbscrews or the rack, but there always seems to be something Johnny foreigner about the Catholics.
Robert
Cora: Don't worry about me, I'm an American. Have gun will travel!
Robert: Oh, thank God for you.
Mr. Carson: I'm sure the chain of command will be sorted out soon.
Miss O'Brien: Or there will be blood on the stairs.
Mr. Carson: Thank you Miss O'Brien.
