Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey Quotes (Page 3)

Season 3 Episode 4: "304"

Robert: But this can't be. She's 24 years old. This can't be.
 • Rating: Unrated

Matthew: Edith has had an opportunity to write a newspaper column.
Violet: When may she suspect an offer to appear on the London stage?
 • Rating: Unrated

Matthew: I don't know. I thought Edith's letter to The Times was rather interesting.
Edith: Don't bother, Matthew. I'm always a failure in this family.
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Edith: The editor of The Sketch wants me to write for him. He saw my letter to The Times and wants to give me a regular column.
 • Rating: Unrated

Sir Phillip: Anxiety is an enemy to pregnancy.
 • Rating: Unrated

Matthew: I think he harks business with being mean, or worse; middle class, like me.
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Miss O'Brien: You better ask Mr. Barrow. He's the clock expert. He's the clock expert, but of course, it's quite wrong for a valet to do it.
 • Rating: Unrated

Season 3 Episode 3: "303"

Matthew: Downton is being mismanaged, cousin Violet, and something must be done. The thing is, how do I do it without putting people's noses out of joint?
Violet: Oh my dear. I don't think there is a way to achieve that. I mean, you must do what must be done, of course, but I can safely say a great many noses will be out of joint.
 • Rating: Unrated

Violet: He looks like a footman in a musical review.
 • Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

Mrs. Hughes: What chance is there for a woman like her? She's taken the road to ruin. There's no way back.
 • Rating: Unrated

Ethel: I think you love my son, Mr. Bryant. I don't think you're a nice one or a kind one, but I think you love my son, so you'll be pleased by what I've come here to say.
 • Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Tom: We all live in a harsh world. But at least I know I do.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Tom: They turned everyone out of the castle. Lord and Lady Dromgoole, their sons and all the servants. And then they set fire to it.
Edith: What a tragedy.
Violet: Well, rather yes and no. That house was hideous. Of course, that is no excuse.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Miss O'Brien: Yes, that's it. I should think he fancies a night walk in the pouring rain without a coat.
 • Rating: Unrated

Robert: I don't want thumbscrews or the rack, but there always seems to be something Johnny foreigner about the Catholics.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Isobel: Some manners wouldn't go amiss.
 • Rating: Unrated

Violet: Edith dear, you're a woman with a brain and reasonability. Stop whining and find something to do.
 • Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Edith: I don't have the vote. I'm not over thirty and I'm not a householder. It's ridiculous.
Matthew: You should write to the Times.
Edith: Maybe I will.
 • Rating: Unrated

Season 3 Episode 2: "302"

Anna: What would you like me to get you?
Edith: A different life.
 • Rating: Unrated

Cora: You are being tested. And you know what they say my darling. Being tested only makes you stronger.
Edith: I don't think it's working with me.
 • Rating: Unrated

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