All the best women are married, yes, they are - to all the worst men' There was an infinite slow caress in her tone but she went on rapidly 'So I shall never marry you. How should I marry a kind man, a good man? I am a barbarian, and want a barbarian lover, to crush and scarify me, but you are so tender and I am so crude. When your soft eyes look on me they look on a volcano. A.E. Coppard
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When Elizabeth Taylor said "All the best women are married, yes, they are - to all the worst men" she was speaking about her desire for love and marriage. Taylor was referring to herself as a woman who is looking for love and marriage, but is rejecting the only kind of man that would make her happy; one who was kind and sensitive. Instead, Taylor wanted the man who would most likely abuse her.

Source: Dusky Ruth: And Other Stories

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