Downton Abbey Quotes
No, you see, you must never think that education is only for special people, you know, for clever people, for toffs. Education is for everyone.
Molesley
Edith: Who do you think you're talking to? Mama? Your maid? I know you! I know you to be a nasty, jealous, scheming bitch!
Mary: Now listen, you pathetic --
Edith: You're a bitch! Not content with ruining your own life, you're determined to ruin mine!
Mary: I have not ruined my life and if Bertie's put off by that, then --
Edith: Don't demean yourself by trying to justify your venom. Just go. And you're wrong as you so often are. Henry's perfect for you. You're just too stupid and stuck up to see it. Still, at least he's got away from you. Which is something to give thanks for, I suppose!
Edith: The one thing Mary can't bear is when things are going better for me than for her.
Bertie: I'm sure that's not true.
Edith: You don't know her. I'm getting married and you've lost your man. And you just can't stand it.
Tom: Edith, there is no need for --
Mary: You're wrong. I'm very happy for you. And I admire you, Bertie. Not everyone would accept Edith's past.
Tom: Mary, don't.
You're a coward, Mary. Like all bullies, you're a coward.
Tom
Violet: Do you enjoy weddings?
Isobel: Yes. But I'm not going to that one. I'd feel like the wicked fairy at the christening of Sleeping Beauty.
Violet: You're a cruel little miss, aren't you? I'd feel sorry for Larry, if I didn't dislike him so much.
Miss Crookshank: I shall forget you said that, but you should go now. Much more, and we may feel awkward when we meet. Which we are bound to do.
Violet: I think not, Miss Crookshank. Not if I see you first.
Robert: What's he got that fascinates Mary when poor old Tony's rolling acres and glistening coronet didn't? You'll say sex appeal, but isn't Mary too sensible?
Cora: We have a very contrary daughter.
Carson: What's so funny?
Mrs. Hughes: Just life, Mr. Carson. Just life.
Daisy: Well, I'm glad. You deserve it.
Molesley: I never think I deserve anything. Perhaps I've been wrong all along.
Tom: You're frightened of being hurt again. But let me tell you this: You will be hurt again, and so will I, because being hurt is part of being alive. But that is no reason to give up on the man who is right for you.
Mrs. Hughes: They don't live badly, you have to concede.
Mr. Carson: They live as they're supposed to live. It has its burdens and its benefits.
Mrs. Hughes: Better than a life of just burden.
Anna: They do say that opposites attract.
Mary: Yes, they attract. But do they live happily ever after?
