Downton Abbey (TV Series)
Episode #5.4 (2014)
Maggie Smith: Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
Quotes
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Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : I won't take sides, it's true. But I don't think I could ever be described as "neutral".
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Prince Kuragin : When you go through a storm like ours, you give up hope quite early on in the proceedings.
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : I agree - hope is a tease, designed to prevent us accepting reality.
Isobel Crawley : Oh, you only say that to sound clever.
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Yes, I know. You should try it.
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Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : I never take sides in a broken marriage.
Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare, Marquess of Flintshire : Why is that?
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Because however much the couple may strive to be honest, no one is ever in possession of the facts.