Wars fought over a face like this, ” he murmured like he was talking to himself, my heart stopped beating and his thumbs moved lightly across my cheeks. “A man would work himself into the ground for it, go down to his knees to beg to keep it, endure torture to protect it, take a bullet for it, ” his eyes came to mine, “poison his brother to possess a face like this. Kristen Ashley
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A man would work himself into the ground for it, go down to his knees to beg to keep it, endure torture to protect it, take a bullet for it, poison his brother in order to possess a face like this. is a quote from the book “A Thousand Splendid Suns.” Mona is talking about the beauty of a person’s face and how men would do anything in order to get such a face. Even if they would go down to their knees and beg, endure torture and even kill someone else for such a face. This quote portrays the idea of love and beauty of a person’s face.

That it is so precious that men will do anything just to get the chance to protect and keep such a face. Even if they would go down to their knees and beg, endure torture and even kill someone else for such a face.

Source: Knight

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