Alec Lightwood Quotes

“Magnus said, in a low voice, “And what’s that one?” Alec answered, “Stamina.” Magnus stared. “Are you serious?” Alec began to grin. “Yeah.” “Really, though,” Magnus said. “I want to be clear on this. You’re not just saying that to be sexy?” “No,” Alec answered, his voice husky, and swallowed. “But I’m glad if it is.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Red Scrolls of Magic

“Magnus had a hard-won high opinion of himself, and he had an even higher opinion of Alec.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Red Scrolls of Magic

“All that darkness, and all that pain, and Magnus was somehow still a blazing riot of life and color, a source of joy for everyone around him.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Red Scrolls of Magic

“Alec waited. He’d heard kids
say terrible things before now. Adults poured poison in their minds, and
then it came out of their mouths.
Lily laughed.
“He said,” Lily reported with unholy joy, “‘What is that cool man doing
with you?”
― Cassandra Clare, The Land I Lost

“Alec was used to feeling a combination of affection and annoyance toward the people he loved. Typically, he’d start the relationship with a feeling of total annoyance and minimal affection, and then as time passed, the annoyance diminished and the affection grew. This described the arc of his relationship with Jace, his parabatai and closest friend, and more recently described how he’d felt about Clary Fairchild when she’d come into their lives.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Red Scrolls of Magic

“Alec was absolutely sure that in the bright chaos of his long, strange life, Magnus had stayed kind.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Red Scrolls of Magic

“We will have to rough it like mundanes do, and take the fanciest, most luxurious train available on a romantic overnight through the Alps. You see the sacrifices I am willing to make for the sake of safety.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Red Scrolls of Magic

“Aku cinta kamu,” Magnus read out, gazing at the interior of the ring, and
he smiled at Alec, a brilliant, world-spanning smile. “My love for yours, my
heart for yours, my soul for yours, Alexander. Now and for all time".”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Alec’s breath caught. He found he could not stop holding it, as if he could save it for the child Magnus had been.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Red Scrolls of Magic

“The Clave tells us not to trust Downworlders. Despite the Accords, despite everything, we all get indoctrinated, and we—” He broke off, looking up at the clear, cold stars. “I used to follow the rules because I thought it would keep everyone I cared about safe,” he said. “But I’ve started to realize that ‘everyone I care about’ is a bigger group and a different group than the Clave was built to accept.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Red Scrolls of Magic

“Alec kissed as he did all things, so dedicated and wholehearted he swept Magnus away.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Red Scrolls of Magic

“My boyfriend is a Shadowhunter, for heaven’s sake. Literally, for heaven’s sake.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Red Scrolls of Magic

“It wasn’t that he didn’t like Magnus’s clothes, but Magnus wore them like armor, a layer of protection between him and a world that didn’t always meet someone like him with open arms.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Red Scrolls of Magic

“Alec furrowed his brow. “So you’re scrapbooking?” Magnus made a face. “To the lay observer, what I’m doing might look similar, yes.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Red Scrolls of Magic

“Actually, he would much rather have been abandoned in hostile territory than left to stand around at a party.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Red Scrolls of Magic

“I’ve changed my mind,” Catarina announced. She put her arm around Alec’s neck and gave him a kiss on the cheek. “I like you.” “Oh,” said Alec, looking baffled. “Thanks.” “Please take care of Magnus,” Catarina added. “I try,” said Alec. Catarina gave Magnus a delighted look over Alec’s shoulder. “At last,” she murmured. “A keeper.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Red Scrolls of Magic

“I know warlocks and Shadowhunters are very different, and there is a divide between your worlds that can be hard to cross. But as someone once said to me, the right man will not care. You can build a bridge over the divide and find each other. You can build something much greater than either of you could ever have built on your own.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Red Scrolls of Magic

“I wasn’t planning on it. Of course she’s . . . a colleague. I will treat her in a professional fashion. That was my plan for how to treat her. With a calm professionalism.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Red Scrolls of Magic

“He looked at George's sad face and offered: "Want to talk about when Magnus and Alec go, and we steal their suite and make our own meals in our own little kitchen?"
George sighed. "Could we really, Simon, or is that too beautiful a dream? Every day would be a song. All I want is to make a sandwich, Simon. Just a humble sandwich, with ham, cheese, maybe a little dab of... oh my God."
Simon wondered what a dab of "oh my God" would taste like.”
― Cassandra Clare, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

“All I did was think about being worthy of coming home to you.”
― Cassandra Clare, Ghosts of the Shadow Market

“It’s official,” he declared to no one in particular. “This is the worst vacation ever.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Red Scrolls of Magic

“If you insist on disavowing that which is ugly about what you do, you will never learn from your mistakes."
(said by Magnus Bane to Jace and Alec)”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

“Sharp are the arrows of a broken heart."
(said by the Seelie Queen to Alec Lightwood)”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Heavenly Fire

“He almost said “my fiancé,” but it was an awkward word. Once he’d said “my betrothed” and felt like a total idiot. He longed sometimes, with an almost physical ache, just to say “my husband” and have it be true.”
― Cassandra Clare, Ghosts of the Shadow Market

“There was not only one charm in this ring but spell after spell: magic for protection and deflection, magic to guide his arrows and blades, all the power at Magnus’s command poured into the metal. There was everything Magnus had been able to think of, to act as Alec’s armor and ensure Alec would return home safe to him. Most important, there was the look on Magnus’s face when he returned the ring, now symbolizing Alec’s family in two ways, to Alec. That was when Magnus had assured him that he believed they would be married one day.”
― Cassandra Clare, Ghosts of the Shadow Market

“Alec had heard a poem read at weddings: My true love has my heart, and I have his. Never was a fairer bargain made. Love that was permanent in the eyes of all the world, demanding respect, blazoning the certain knowledge Alec had when he woke every morning. Nobody else for me, until the day I die: having everyone else know that.”
― Cassandra Clare, Ghosts of the Shadow Market

“Hi Magnus. This is Alec. Alexander. I guess you don’t want to talk to me. I can understand that. But I really think if we were together…if I could just explain…

I’m so bad with words. I’m sorry. But you always seemed to know what I meant. I don’t want to lose that. I don’t want to lose you. I want to talk to you so badly, but if I can’t, I guess I’m calling to say…

I’m really sorry. I just called to say that.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Voicemail of Magnus Bane

“When you love someone, you dont have a choice. Love takes choices away”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

“In Isabelle's world rage equaled passion equaled a good time”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass

“Sharp are the arrows of a broken heart." - Cassandra Clare, City of Heavenly Fire”
― Cassandra Clare