In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time: the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream. – Thomas Carlyle
I filmed Albatross before I got Downton. Its a coming-of-age movie about this girl who leaps into this familys life, like a whirlwind. Shes ballsy and brash and wonderful, it was such an amazing character to play. – Jessica Brown Findlay
I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same time, theres a real lightheartedness about just the recoverability of life, of how things change, how theyre not the same, ever again. – Alice Walker