Downton Abbey Quotes
Edna: Don't worry, if it happens, I mean to make a go of it, being you're wife. I won't hold you back. You won't have any regrets.
Tom: I'm already full of regrets. There is nothing but regret in me.
Edna: And don't say I'm not good enough. If you were good enough for Lady Sybil Crawley, then I'm good enough for you.
Tom: Don't speak her name!
Papa, you're always saying how we're not the owners of Downton, but the caretakers. Very well, now let's take care of it.
Mary
I'll never love again as I love you in this moment, and I must have something to remember.
Gillingham
Bates: I wonder what she's doing. Maybe she's fallen asleep.
Mrs. Hughes: She won't get much sleep up here, that's for sure.
Sometimes I don’t know who I’m mourning for -- Matthew or the person I used to be before I was with him.
Mary
Robert: I doubt it will change my mind.
Mary: I'm glad you only doubt it. I must be making some progress.
Carson: I've arranged for Dame Melba's accompaniests to sleep with the male servants.
Robert: Well I doubt they would expect to sleep with the female ones.
Jimmy: Of course it was poker. You can't lose a fortune playing snap.
Molesley: I could.
Oh you know Mary. She's always quite opaque.
Isobel
You have put up with so much that I couldn't change, that if there’s ever the slightest thing I can make better for you, then I will.
Bates
Mr. Carson: But what does it matter anyway? We shout and scream and wail and cry, but in the end we must all die.
Mrs. Hughes: Well. That’s cheered me up. I’ll get on with my work.