Heaven Can Wait (1943) Poster

Gene Tierney: Martha Strabel Van Cleve

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  • Martha : If you don't change your attitude, I shall have to complain to your employer.

    Henry Van Cleve : I'm not employed here. I'm not a book salesman. I took one look at you and followed you into the store. If you'd walked into a restaurant, I would have become a waiter. If you'd walked into a burning building, I would have become a fireman. If you'd walked into an elevator, I would have stopped it between two floors and we'd have spent the rest of our lives there. Please forgive me but you can't walk out of my life like that.

  • Henry Van Cleve : Martha, if I hadn't met you I'd hate to think where I'd be right now.

    Martha : Well, probably outside some stage door, or even inside the dressing room, and having a wonderful time.

  • Albert Van Cleve : Marriage isn't a series of thrills. Marriage is a peaceful, well-balanced adjustment of two right-thinking people.

    Martha : I'm afraid that's only too true.

  • Henry Van Cleve : [regarding How to Make Your Husband Happy]  Don't buy this book. You don't need it. I'll tell you something more appropriate for you: Leave Your Nest And Fly Away With Me.

    Martha : Well, I might buy that book too...

    Henry Van Cleve : Well, we don't have it in stock right now... but I'd love to discuss the idea with you...

  • Martha : Don't misunderstand me. I love Kansas. It's just that I don't feel like living there. Besides that, I didn't want to be an old maid. Not in Kansas!

  • Martha : Oh, Henry, I know your every move. I know your outraged indignation. I know the poor weeping little boy. I know the misunderstood, strong, silent man, the wounded lion who's too proud to explain what happened in the jungle last night.

  • Martha : Oh, why did you ever come into my life?

    Henry Van Cleve : To make you happy. To hold you in my arms forever.

    Martha : I'll never be able to look my father in the face. I'll never be able to go back to Kansas again.

    Henry Van Cleve : Isn't that wonderful?

    [He kisses her] 

    Martha : Oh, I wish I were dead.

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