The Best Quotes from Downton Abbey's Dowager Countess, Queen of Shade

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Over the past six years, I've had a love-hate relationship with Downton Abbey. Like with most romances, things started off hot and heavy, but eventually cooled way down (my turning point: when they killed off Sybil, the woman responsible for making harem-pants and marrying poor, hot dudes fashionable). But, through all the recycled storylines (Bates is in trouble with the law...again! Edith is unlucky in love...again!) and snoozy B-plots (the old people argue over a hospital merger...for 7 whole episodes!), there was one shining light that kept me watching: the Dowager Countess. Before this often great/sometimes terrible show rides off into the sunset, let's take a moment to give credit where credit is due and appreciate her finest moments:

Wh-what is being wrong?

If they aren't insulted the first time, try, try again:

The Godfather prequel:

You thought she needed the walking stick for stability but it was a weapon this whole time:

That time she saw Mary's new bob haircut for the first time:

When she called her own son a waiter:

The time she first encountered electricity:

Or that time she sat in a swivel chair for the first time:

Always there to remind you to have some dignity:

Cajoling, the hard way:

Always telling people exactly what they need to hear:

Talk to you never, dude:

#DealWithIt:

Keeping religion going, one rude thought at a time:

If the queen of all snobs tells you to stop being snobby, you might want to reevaluate some things:

Gird your loins:

Not wasting any time:

She invented ghosting:

Putting your saintly martyrdom on notice:

I don't like talking on the phone either:

Who run the world? Girls! (But mostly the Dowager Countess):

#1 fan of drama:

Nose up, guns out:

In summary: