you’re strong, a storm-braver if ever I saw one

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“When she defends her apology, I wrote [it] quite deliberately because she’s been fairly calculating and cold through most of the story, and it’s just one of those moments when you realize that actually, you don’t dislike her in the way that you thought you did. To make everyone change their minds about characters is one of my favorite things.” - Julian Fellowes, series one, episode one audio commentary

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cyrillah:

This looks like a painting, a painting containing a painting. Steps and railings, light and directions. Layers upon layers, just like her.

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suicideblonde:

“Mary feels she should have been a boy and then everything would have been so much easier.  She fights against her femininity in a way.”

-Michelle Dockery, “The World of Downton Abbey”

maybeyouwill:

“I don’t want my daughter to be married to a man who threatens her with ruin. I want a good man for you. A brave man.”

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