Popular Downton Abbey Quotes
Really? I can only say that while I will overlook Mary’s poor judgment, I will not overlook yours.
Violet
But Germany? After four years of fighting, you’d join the most hated race in Europe to get a divorce – for me?
Edith
Robert: Let me manage things in my own way.
Mary: I have ideas, you know. Matthew and I used to talk.
Robert: I know I’m right in this. Now go to bed.
Whatever Matthew’s intentions, it is not a will.
Robert
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.
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
Oh you know Mary. She's always quite opaque.
Isobel
Jimmy: Of course it was poker. You can't lose a fortune playing snap.
Molesley: I could.
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.
Robert: I doubt it will change my mind.
Mary: I'm glad you only doubt it. I must be making some progress.
Sometimes I don’t know who I’m mourning for -- Matthew or the person I used to be before I was with him.
Mary
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.
