Downton Abbey

Lady Edith Crawley: I thought it was supposed to be unsinkable. Robert Crawley, Lord Grantham: Every mountain is unclimbable until someone climbs it; so every ship is unsinkable until it sinks.

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Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess: I'm very sorry about poor Patrick, of course. He was a nice boy. Cora Crawley, Lady Grantham: We were all so fond of him... Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess: But I never cared for James. He was too like his mother, and a nastier woman never drew breath.

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Cora Crawley, Lady Grantham: Are we to be friends, then? Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess: We are allies, my dear, which can be a good deal more effective.

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Daisy: Seems like a lot of food, when you think they're all in mourning. Mrs. Patmore: Nothing makes you hungrier or more tired than grief. When my sister died, God rest her soul, I ate my way through four plates of sandwiches at one sitting and slept round the clock. Daisy: Did it make you feel better? Mrs. Patmore: Not much, but it passed the time.

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Robert Crawley, Lord Grantham: You seem very informed on this family's private affairs. But you ought perhaps to know that I do not intend to fight the entail. Not any part of it. Duke of Crowborough: You can't be serious. Robert Crawley, Lord Grantham: It pains me to say it, but I am. Duke of Crowborough: You'll give up your entire estate--your wife's money into the bargain--to a perfect stranger? You won't even put up a fight? Robert Crawley, Lord Grantham: I hope he proves to be perfect, but I rather doubt it. Duke of Crowborough: A very odd thing to joke about. Robert Crawley, Lord Grantham: No odder than this conversation.

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Matthew Crawley: Mother, Lord Grantham has made the unwelcome discovery that his heir is a middle class lawyer, and the son of a middle class doctor. Isobel Crawley: Upper middle class!

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