“Whenever you honor the honorable, you possess them. Whenever you honor the ignoble, they rebel.”
Al-Mutanabbi (915–965) Arabic poet from the Abbasid era
“You both should feel honored.”
“Right, very honored,” I said. “Always wanted to be possessed!”
— Rick Riordan, book The Red Pyramid
Source: The Red Pyramid
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