fuck yeah lady mary

sam-swarek:

Anna: If you love him more than anyone in the world then of course you should.
Mary: It’s not as simple as that.
Anna: It is for me. But then I’m not your ladyship.
Mary: Did you love Bates more than anyone else in the world?
Anna: I did. I do. I’ll never love again like I love him. Ever.
Mary: Well, there you are then. One day you’ll meet someone else and you’ll marry. Perhaps it’ll be second best but… it doesn’t mean you can’t have a life.
Anna: I think it does… for me.

#i think my favorite part of this scene is that mary and anna both feel the same way—-that they can’t truly settle for second best—-but mary is trying to rationalize that thought away while anna clings to it as a source of strength

(via lowestentropy)