Discover 54 memorable quotes from Lady Mary Crawley in Downton Abbey. Relive the wit, wisdom, and elegance of this beloved character with the best quotes from the acclaimed period drama series.
Lady Mary Crawley Quotes
1- “Just think, we’ve done our duty. Downton is safe. Papa must be dancing a jig.” – Lady Mary Crawley
2- “Women like me don’t have a life. We choose clothes, and pay calls and work for charity and do the season. But really we are stuck in a waiting room until we marry.” – Lady Mary Crawley
3- “Darling, this isn’t 1850. No one expects me to hide indoors until the baby is born.” – Lady Mary Crawley
4- “Haven’t you heard? I don’t have a heart. Everyone knows that.” – Lady Mary Crawley
5- “So we’ll be building a new kingdom while we make our little prince.” – Lady Mary Crawley
6- “You must pay no attention to the things I say.” – Lady Mary Crawley
7- “Please give them a chance to behave properly.” – Lady Mary Crawley
8- “Poor little orphan.” – Lady Mary Crawley
9- “Alfred’s nice, but he does look like a puppy who’s been rescued from a puddle.” – Lady Mary Crawley
10- “Cheer up, come the revolution it may be useful to have a contact on the other side.” – Lady Mary Crawley
11- “Edith, I know we haven’t always got along and I doubt things change much in the future, but today I wish you all the luck in the world.” – Lady Mary Crawley
12- “You may be surprised to hear, but a match that is wanted by everyone can turn out to be extremely happy.” – Lady Mary Crawley
13- “Matthew it’s torture for all of us. And if I ever look as if I’m finding it easy to lose my home, then I am putting on an act.” – Lady Mary Crawley
14- “I’m not often called sentimental.” – Lady Mary Crawley
15- “So this is the moment when you receive a huge fortune that could save Downton and you give it away.” – Lady Mary Crawley
16- “Woman like me don’t have a life. We choose clothes, and pay calls and work for charity and do the season. But really we are stuck in a waiting room until we marry.” – Lady Mary Crawley
17- “I shall be Countess of Grantham one day. And in my book the Countess of Grantham lives at Downton Abbey.” – Lady Mary Crawley
18- “I’ve been married, I know everything.” – Lady Mary Crawley
19- “Now stop talking and kiss me before I get cross.” – Lady Mary Crawley
20- “Tonight you’ve made me play truant and I like it.” – Lady Mary Crawley
21- “The role of houses like Downton is to protect tradition, that’s why they’re so important to maintain.” – Lady Mary Crawley
22- “I can see Mr. Pamuk now, a funny little foreigner with a wide toothy grin, his hair reeking of pomade.” – Lady Mary Crawley
23- “You must say it properly. I won’t answer unless you kneel down and everything.” – Lady Mary Crawley
24- “Would I ever admit to loving a man who preferred someone else over me?” – Lady Mary Crawley
25- “I find that both irritating and beguiling in equal measure.” – Lady Mary Crawley
26- “Your lot buys it, my lot inherits it.” – Lady Mary Crawley
27- “Oh, darling, darling, don’t be such a baby. This isn’t fairyland. What did you think? You’d marry the chauffeur and we’d all come to tea?” – Lady Mary Crawley
28- “You’re American, you don’t understand these things.” – Lady Mary Crawley
29- “The truth is we’re very much alike, so naturally I think she’s perfect.” – Lady Mary Crawley
30- “Such good luck.” – Lady Mary Crawley
31- “Dear Lord, I don’t pretend to have much credit with you. I’m not even sure that you’re there. But if you are, and if I’ve ever done anything good, I beg you to keep him safe.” – Lady Mary Crawley
32- “I hope to be your Lady Mary Crawley for all eternity.” – Lady Mary Crawley
33- “I wanted to give you this. It’s my lucky charm. I’ve had it always, so you must promise to bring it back without a scratch.” – Lady Mary Crawley
34- “Because somehow with Matthew’s death, all the softness that he found in me seems to have dried up and drained away. Maybe it was only ever there in his imagination.” – Lady Mary Crawley
35- “You can’t be sure I was going to refuse you, even if it had been a boy. Because I’m not.” – Lady Mary Crawley
36- “Sometimes I don’t know whom I’m most in mourning for, Matthew or the person I used to be when I was with him.” – Lady Mary Crawley
37- “When you laugh with me or flirt with me, is that a duty? Are you conforming to the fitness of things?” – Lady Mary Crawley
38- “At least I’m not fishing with no bait.” – Lady Mary Crawley
39- “You know yourself we carry more luggage than the porters at Kings Cross.” – Lady Mary Crawley
40- “Honestly Papa, Edith is about as mysterious as a bucket.” – Lady Mary Crawley
41- “I’m Tess of the D’Urbervilles to your angel Claire. I have fallen. I am impure.” – Lady Mary Crawley
42- “I’d rather sleep on the roof than share with Edith.” – Lady Mary Crawley
43- “I wish you’d just admit it! I’m a lost soul to you! I took a lover with no thought of marriage! A Turk! Think of that!” – Lady Mary Crawley
44- “You know my character, Father. I’d never marry any man that I was told to. I’m stubborn. I wish I wasn’t, but I am.” – Lady Mary Crawley
45- “You should learn to forget what I say. I know I do.” – Lady Mary Crawley
46- “I don’t believe a woman can be forced to give away all her money to a distant cousin of her husband’s. Not in the 20th century. It’s too ludicrous for words.” – Lady Mary Crawley
47- “Everything seems so golden one minute, then turns to ashes the next. Can I ask you a question, Carson? Have you ever felt your life was somehow…slipping away? And there was nothing you could do to stop it?” – Lady Mary Crawley
48- “You and my parents have something in common. You believe I’m much more of a rebel than I am.” – Lady Mary Crawley
49- “I never know which is worse. The sorrow when you hit the bird. Or the shame when you miss it.” – Lady Mary Crawley
50- “Papa prefers the servants to read the bible and letters from home.” – Lady Mary Crawley
51- “I don’t care a fig about rules.” – Lady Mary Crawley
52- “How many times am I to be ordered to marry the man sitting next to me at dinner?” – Lady Mary Crawley
53- “It’s easy to be generous when you have nothing to lose.” – Lady Mary Crawley
54- “All alone with plenty of money and a house in Eton Square. I can’t imagine anything better.” – Lady Mary Crawley
