Downton Abbey Quotes
You never know people, do ya? You can work with people for 20 years and never know them at all.
Mrs. Padmore
If you're turning American on me, then I'll go downstairs.
Robert
Violet: What news of Sybil?
Edith: She's in with Papa now.
Violet: I'm afraid it will end in tears.
Sybil: Maybe, but they won't be Sybil's.
Branson: Lady Sybil and I are getting married.
Carson: Have you no shame?
I just wish that I could get away from this damned stick!
Matthew
Marriage is a long business. There's no getting out of it for our kind of people. You will live 40, 50 years with one of these women. Just make sure it's the right one.
Violet
Matthew's been lame? Can you hear the words coming out of your mouth? Can you hear how stupid and selfish they are? Because I can.
Robert
Sybil: Yes, my answer is that I'm ready to travel, and you're my ticket. To get away from this house, away from this life...
Branson: Me?
Sybil: No. Uncle Tom Cobly.
Branson: I'm sorry, but I've waited so long for those words, that I can't believe I'm hearing them. You won't mind burning your bridges.
Sybil: Mind? Fetch me the matches! Yes, you can kiss me. But that is all until everything is settled.
Branson: For now, God knows, it's enough that I can kiss you.
Oh certainly. All this unbridled joy has given me quite an appetite.
Violet
So you'd be uncomfortable, working for a spymaster. I'm disappointed in you. And I always thought you were fond of me.
Mary
Edith: I don't think I want to go back, either.
Sybil: Then don't. You're far nicer than you were before the war, you know.
You see, I think I can help her, in those early years, when I can help her get it right. And if I can, I must.
Carson
