Downton Abbey Season 5 Episode 5 Quotes & Sayings

One way we could describe the struggle of life would be to say it is a battle between agency and addiction. Agency is our power to choose, and addiction is what happens when we have lost that power and we are controlled by something else. — John Bytheway

Alas I have quarreled so dreadfully with Charles that I am obliged to seek refuge at Lacy Manor!" She said mournfully.
"And have doubtless left a note behind you to inform him of this!"
"Of course!"
"I foresee a happy meeting!" he commented bitterly.
"That," she acknowledged, "was the difficulty! But I think I can overcome it. I promise you, Charlbury, you shall come out of it with a whole skin - sell, no, perhaps not quite that, but very nearly! — Georgette Heyer

But such a fortuitous rescue from ethical bondage is rare indeed. — Joe Queenan

Those who cling to life die, and those who defy death live. — Uesugi Kenshin

Unless I write every day, I don't feel I deserve my dinner. — Charlie Chaplin