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.

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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.

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