The Twilight Zone (TV Series)

The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross (1964)

Gail Kobe: Leah Maitland

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• Leah Maitland : We can't keep seeing each other. I should never have let it gotten started in the first place.

  Salvadore Ross : Sure. As long as you're the saintly social worker and I'm one of the crumbs, everything's all right. But as soon as we get too close, why then, you notice I got dirt on my hands.

  Leah Maitland : That has nothing to do with it!

  Salvadore Ross : And that I don't talk like your old man.

  Leah Maitland : Sal, we're just two people who are never going to understand each other.

  Salvadore Ross : Baby, with your education, you can come up with a better "Dear John" than that.

• Salvadore Ross : Well, are you happy now that you've convinced her that she's too much for a *bum* like Salvadore Ross, hmm?

  Mr. Maitland : I admit I wouldn't choose you for my daughter, but it's not my decision, it's hers. Besides, I may be wrong about you. She obviously sees you differently than I do.

  Leah Maitland : No, I don't.

  [turns to Sal] 

  Leah Maitland : Not anymore.

  [Leah goes in with her father and closes the door] 

  Salvadore Ross : Why can't I want something in my life and get it?

  [punches the door] 

  Salvadore Ross : Just once.