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[Julia]

Everybody post your favourite quotes from Downton Abbey! Mine would be probably Cousin Violet: "Put that in your pipe and smoke it!"

[Carolyn]

"What is a weekend?" Cousin Violet

[Julia]

"Nothing exceeds like excess." - Violet

[Judy]

"At least I'm fishing with bait." (Lady Mary to Edith when Edith remarks that another beau of Mary's "slipped the hook".

[Tara]

"Trust me, you have a talent that none of the rest of us have. Just find out what it is and use it. It's doing nothing that's the enemy." - Lady Sybil

[Sabrina]

A real zinger! Dealt with just the right amount of sisterly love and hate. Love it!


Judy wrote: ""At least I'm fishing with bait." (Lady Mary to Edith when Edith remarks that another beau of Mary's "slipped the hook"."

[Julia]

"We can't have him assassinated...I suppose."
-Cousin Violet talking about the Turkish Diplomat:)

[Judy]

"I am not foul, Mr. Carson." I really felt for Thomas then. :-(

[Lucky]

"Don't be defeatist, dear. It's very middle class." - The Dowager Countess

[Julia]

Violet to Isobel: "Do you want Molesley to die?"

[Lucky]

Thomas: "Yes, my lady. No, my lady. Three bags full."

O'Brien: "I'd like to give her 'three bags full'. Preferably on a dark night."

[ida-vaziri]

Not my absolute favorite, but funny:
Richard: I'll be leaving in the morning, Lady Grantham, I doubt it we'll meet again.
Violet: Do you promise?

[ida-vaziri]

This may be my favorite...tears my heart into pieces every time:
Matthew: I can never be happy with anyone else as long as you walked the earth.

[Julia]

Mrs Patmore: "Do I look like a frolicker?"

[Julia]

Violet: "Amputation in the dining room? Resuscitation in the pantry?"