Downton Abbey Quotes

Violet: I will not criticize a mother who grieves for daughter. Robert: I think she grieves for her marriage as well.

Cora: You believed Tapsil because he’s knighted and fashionable and has a practice in Harley Street. You let all that nonsense weigh…

Cora: Is it over? When one loses a child, is it ever really over?

Cora: I should. I want to. I have to apologize for our behavior. Mary: What? Why? Cora: Because if we’d listened to him, Sybil might…

Mary: She was the only person living who always thought you and I were such nice people. Edith: Oh Mary. Do you think we might get along…

Cora: We’ll look after them. We’ll look after them both. Don’t you worry about that.

Thomas: I don’t know why I’m crying really. She wouldn’t have noticed if I died. Anna: You don’t mean that. Thomas: No, no I don’t. In my…

Robert: But this can’t be. She’s 24 years old. This can’t be.

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

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…