Popular Downton Abbey Quotes
Before we take our seats, I believe, as the groom, that I have the right to a few words. I will not be prolix, but it must be right that I mark that I am the happiest and luckiest of men. That a woman of such grace and charm should entrust her life's happiness to my unworthy charge... passeth all understanding. To my wonderful bride.
Mr. Carson
Edith: So what happened?
Tom: It's quite simple. I had to go all the way to Boston to figure something out. But that's what I did.
Mary: Well, go on, what was it?
Tom: I learned that Downton is my home. And that you are my family. If I didn't quite know that before I left, I know it now.
Mrs. Patmore: Have you chosen what you want yet?
Mrs. Hughes: Whatever you think best.
Mrs. Patmore: That doesn't sound like a bride on the brink of wedded bliss!
Mrs. Hughes: It's a long time since I've been on the brink of anything. Except possibly the grave.
Oh... I have a feeling Cora and I will be saying hello rather less than "En garde!" in the next few weeks.
Violet
We had such fun in those days. Do you know what I shall always remember? The women going up to bed at the end of the evening. Their faces lit by the flame from the candle. Yes, diamonds twinkling as they climbed up into the darkness.
Sir Michael Reresby
I'm still not a traditionalist. The King should not rely on my support.
Tom
Tom, you're my brother. I want what you want. In your work, in your life. No more Miss Buntings if you have any pity. But even in that, don't please us. Please yourself.
Mary
Daisy: "Not possible"? Don't give me "not possible."
Mrs. Patmore: All right, Madame Defarge, calm down and finish that mash.
I'll never forget [Sybil]. Her kindness changed my life.
Gwen
Mary: I hope this means you're boiling up to make a pass before we're done.
Henry Talbot: Probably. But will you accept?
Mary: No. But I shall enjoy the process enormously.
Carson: Home again at last. I feel I've been away for months.
Mrs. Hughes: Very flattering, I don't think!
Aunt Rosamund: That was nice of you, to praise Edith's plan.
Mary: A monkey will type out the Bible if you leave it long enough.
