Downton Abbey Quotes

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.

Mary: Sometimes I don’t know who I’m mourning for — Matthew or the person I used to be before I was with him.

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…

Jimmy: Of course it was poker. You can’t lose a fortune playing snap. Molesley: I could.

Isobel: Oh you know Mary. She’s always quite opaque.

Bates: 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…

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….

Robert: Whatever Matthew’s intentions, it is not a will.

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….