32 Quotes About Alec Lightwood

I didn't call you because I'm tired of you only wanting me around when you need something. I'm tired of watching you be in love with someone else - someone, incidentally, who will never love you back. Not the way I do. Cassandra Clare

He knew Alec enough by now to know the conflicting impulses that warred in him. He was conscientious, the kind of person who believed that the others around him were so much more important than he was, who already believed he was letting everybody down. And he was honest, the kind of person that was naturally open about all he felt and wanted. Alec's virtues had made a trap for him; these two good qualities had collided painfully. He felt he could not be honest without disappointing everyone he loved. It was a hideous conundrum for him. It was as if the world had been designed to make him unhappy. . Cassandra Clare

Isabelle drifted over, Jace a pace behind her. She was wearing a long black dress with boots and an even longer cutaway coat of soft green velvet, the color of moss. "I can't believe you did it! " she exclaimed. "How did you get Magnus to let Jace leave?"" Traded him for Alec, " Clary said. Isabelle looked mildly alarmed. "Not permanently?"" No, " said Jace. "Just for a few hours. Unless I don't come back, " he added thoughtfully. "In which case, maybe he does get to keep Alec. Think of it as a lease with an option to buy." Isabelle looked dubious. "Mom and Dad won't be pleased if they find out."" That you freed a possible criminal by trading away your brother to a warlock who looks like a gay Sonic the Hedgehog and dresses like the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?" Simon inquired. "No, probably not. Cassandra Clare

Wear that scarf, " he said, pointing to a blue cashmere scarf hanging on a peg. "It matches your eyes." Alec looked at it. Suddenly he was filled with hate - for the scarf, for Magnus, and most of all for himself. "Don't tell me, " he said. "The scarf's a hundred years old, and it was given to you by Queen Victoria right before she died, for special services to the Crown or something." Magnus sat up. "What's gotten into you?" Alec stared at him. "Am I the newest thing in this apartment?"" I think that honor goes to Chairman Meow. He's only two."" I said newest, not youngest, " Alec snapped. Cassandra Clare

So it's true what they say about warlocks, then?" true?". "You can't be rude to everyone who talks to me." Alec made a wide, sweeping gesture. "And why not? Cramping your style, am I? I mean, maybe you were hoping to flirt with werewolf boy here. He's pretty attractive, if you like the messy-haired, broad-shouldered, chiseled-good-looks type."" Hey, now, " said Jordan mildly. Magnus put his head in his hands. into?"" Mermaids, " said Magnus into his fingers. "They always smell like seaweed.", " Alec said savagely, and kicking back his chair, he got up from the table and stalked off into the crowd. . Cassandra Clare

Alec?" Magnus was staring at him. He had dispatched the remaining Iblis demons, and the square was empty but for the two of them. "Did you just- did you just save my life?" Alec knew he ought to say something like, Of course, because I'm a Shadowhunter and that's what we do, or That's my job. Jace would have said something like that. Jace always knew the right thing to say. But the words that actually came out of Alec's mouth where quite different- and sounded petulant, even to his own ears. "You never called me back, " he said. "I called you so many times and you never called me back." Magnus looked at Alec as if he'd lost his mind. "Your city is under attack, " he said. "The wards have broken, and the streets are full of demons. And you want to know why I haven't called you? . Cassandra Clare

Izzy, are you–” he began. His eyes flew wide, and he backed up fast enough to smack his head into the wall behind him. “What is he doing here?” Isabelle tugged her tank top back down and glared at her brother. “You don’t knock now?”“ It– It’s my bedroom! ” Alec spluttered. He seemed to be deliberately trying not to look at Izzy and Simon, who were indeed in a very compromising position. Simon rolled quickly off Isabelle, who sat up, brushing herself off as if for lint. Simon sat up more slowly, trying to hold the torn edges of his shirt together. “Why are all my clothes on the floor?” Alec said.“ I was trying to find something for Simon to wear, ” Isabelle explained. “Maureen put him in leather pants and a puffy shirt because he was being her romance-novel slave.”“ He was being her what?”“ Her romance-novel slave, ” Isabelle repeated, as if Alec were being particularly dense. Alec shook his head as if he were having a bad dream. “You know what? Don’t explain. Just–put your clothes on, both of you. Cassandra Clare

Magnus remembered a town in Peru whose Quechua name meant “quiet place.” He recalled even more vividly being obscenely drunk and unhappy over his heartbreak of that time, and the maudlin thoughts that had recurred to him over the years, like an unwanted guest slipping in through his doors: that there was no peace for such as he, no quiet place, and there never would be. Except he found himself remembering lying in bed with Alec–all of their clothes on, lounging on the bed on a lazy afternoon, Alec laughing, head thrown back, the marks Magnus had left on his throat very plain to see. Sarah Rees Brennan

Though Alec had never seen the occupants of the first floor loft, they seemed to be engaged in a tempestuous romance. Once there had been a bunch of someone's belongings strewn all over the landing with a note attached to a jacket lapel addressed to "A lying liar who lies." Right now there was a bouquet of flowers taped to the door with a card tucked among the blooms that read I'M SORRY. That was the thing about New York: you always knew more about your neighbors' business than you wanted to. Cassandra Clare

But sleep didn't come. She could hear Jace's soft piano playing through the walls, but that wasn't what was keeping her awake. She was thinking of Simon, leaving for a house that no longer felt like home to him, of the despair in Jace's voice as he said 'I want to hate you', and of Magnus, not telling Jace the truth: that Alec did not want Jace to know about his relationship because he was still in love with him. She thought of the satisfaction it would have brought Magnus to say the words out loud, to acknowledge what the truth was, and the fact that he hadn't said them - had let Alec go on lying and pretending - because that was what Alec wanted, and Magnus cared about Alec enough to give him that. Maybe it was true what the Seelie Queen had said, after all: Love made you a liar. Cassandra Clare

Just because you said dragon demons were extinct–"" I said mostly extinct." Alec jabbed a finger toward him." Mostly extinct, " he said, his voice trembling with rage, "is NOTEXTINCT ENOUGH.""I see, " said Jace. "I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really, really extinct.' Will that make you happy? . Cassandra Clare

Hello? This is Clary Fairchild.”“Clary? It’s me, Emma.”“Oh, Emma, hi! I haven’t heard from you in ages. My mom says thanks for the wedding flowers, by the way. She wanted to send a note but Luke whisked her away on a honeymoon to Tahiti.”“Tahiti sounds nice.”“ It probably is – Jace, what are you doing with that thing? There is no way it’ll fit.”“ Is this a bad time?”“ What? No! Jace is trying to drag a trebuchet into the training room. Alec, stop helping him.”“ What’s a trebuchet?”“ It’s a huge catapult.”“ What are they going to use it for?”“ I have no idea. Alec, you’re enabling! You’re an enabler! ”“ Maybe it is a bad time.”“ I doubt there’ll be a better one. Is something wrong? Is there anything I can do?”“ I think we have your cat.”“ What?”“ Your cat. Big fuzzy Blue Persian? Always looks angry? Julian says it’s your cat. He says he saw it at the New York Institute. Well, saw him.  It’s a boy cat.”“ Church? You have Church? But I thought – well, we knew he was gone. We thought Brother Zachariah took him. Isabelle was annoyed, but they seemed to know each other. I’ve never seen Church actually likeanyone like that.”“ I don’t know if he likes anyone here. He bit Julian twice. Oh, wait. Julian says he likes Ty. He’s asleep on Ty’s bed.”“ How did you wind up with him?”“ Someone rang our front doorbell. Diana, she’s our tutor, went down to see what it was. Church was in a cage on the front step with a note tied to it. It said  For Emma. This is Church, a longtime friend of the Carstairs. Take care of this cat and he will take care of you. –J.”“Brother Zachariah left you a cat.”“ But I don’t even really know him. And he’s not a Silent Brother any more.”“ You may not know him, but he clearly knows you.”“ What do you think the J stands for?”“ His real name. Look, Emma, if he wants you to have Church, and you want Church, you should keep him.”“ Are you sure? The Lightwoods –“‘They’re both standing here nodding. Well, Alec is partially trapped under a trebuchet, but he seems to be nodding.”“ Jules says we’d like to keep him. We used to have a cat named Oscar, but he died, and, well, Church seems to be good for Ty’s nightmares.”“ Oh, honey. I think, really, he’s Brother Zachariah’s cat. And if he wants you to have him, then you should.”“ Why does Brother Zachariah want to protect me? It’s like he knows me, but I don’t know why he knows me.”“ I don’t exactly know … But I know Tessa. She’s his – well, girlfriend seems not the right word for it. They’ve known each other a long, long time. I have a feeling they’re both watching over you.”“ That’s good. I have a feeling we’re going to need it.”“ Emma – oh my God. The trebuchet just crashed through the floor. I have to go. Call me later.”“ But we can keep the cat?”“ You can keep the cat. Cassandra Clare

Take my hands, ” Alec said. “And take my strength too. Whatever of it you can use to– to keep yourself going. Cassandra Clare

You dated a vampire? A girl vampire?" (Simon)"It was a hundred and thirty years ago, " (Magnus)"I haven't seen her since." (Magnus)"Why didn't you tell me?" (Alec)"Alexander, I've been alive for hundred of years. I've been with men, been with women -- with faeries and warlocks and vampires, and even a djinn or two." (Magnus) He looked sideways at Maryse, who looked mildly horrified." Too much information?" (Magnus) . Cassandra Clare

He remembered Tessa weeping in his arms in Paris, and thinking that he had never known the loss she felt, because he had never loved like she had, and that he was afraid that someday he would, and like Tessa he would lose his mortal love. And that it was better to be the one who died than the one who lived on. He had dismissed that, later, as a morbid fantasy, and had not remembered it again until Alec. Cassandra Clare

If you never tell anyone the truth about yourself, eventually you start to forget. Cassandra Clare

Goodness, that stuff rips like paper, ” she exclaimed, reaching to pull her tank top off. She was halfway through the action when the door opened and Alec walked into the room.“ Izzy, are you–” he began. His eyes flew wide, and he backed up fast enough to smack his head into the wall behind him. “What is he doing here?” Isabelle tugged her tank top back down and glared at her brother. “You don’t knock now?”“ It– It’s my bedroom! ” Alec spluttered. He seemed to be deliberately trying not to look at Izzy and Simon, who were indeed in a very compromising position. Cassandra Clare

Magnus reached for Alec, but instead of rising to his feet, he pulled Alec against him, his hand sliding up Alec’s back to knot in his hair. Magnus pulled Alec down and against him, and kissed him, hard and awkward and determined, and Alec froze for a moment and then abandoned himself to it, to kissing Magnus, something he’d thought he’d never get to do again. Alec ran his hands up Magnus’sshoulders to the sides of his neck and cupped his hands there, holding Magnus in place while he kissed him thoroughly breathless. Cassandra Clare

And that - he pointed ahead - is the road to Hell. That's where we're going. I have always heard it was paved with good intentions, said Simon Cassandra Clare

We're not dating, " Alec said again." Oh?" Magnus said. "So you're just that friendly with everybody, is that it? Cassandra Clare

No one blames her."" That never matters, " said Alec. "Not when you blame yourself. Cassandra Clare

Isabelle snorted. 'All the boys are gay. In this truck, anyway. Well, not you, Simon.''You noticed' said Simon.'I think of myself as a freewheeling bisexual, ' added Magnus.'Please never say those words in front of my parents, ' said Alec. 'Especially my father.'' I thought your parents were okay with you, you know, coming out, ' Simon said, leaning around Isabelle to look at Alec, who was – as he often was – scowling, and pushing his floppy dark hair out of his eyes. Aside from the occasional exchange, Simon had never talked to Alec much. He wasn’t an easy person to get to know. But, Simon admitted to himself, his own recent estrangement from his mother made him more curious about Alec’s answer than he would have been otherwise.' My mother seems to have accepted it, ' Alec said. 'But my father – no, not really. Once he asked me what I thought had turned me gay.' Simon felt Isabelle tense next to him. 'Turned you gay?' She sounded incredulous. 'Alec, you didn’t tell me that.'' I hope you told him you were bitten by a gay spider, ' said Simon.Magnus snorted; Isabelle looked confused. 'I’ve read Magnus’s stash of comics, ' said Alec, 'so I actually know what you’re talking about' A small smile played around his mouth. 'So would that give me the proportional gayness of a spider?'' Only if it was a really gay spider, ' said Magnus, and he yelled as Alec punched him in the arm. 'Ow, okay, never mind. Cassandra Clare

Iz, " Alec said tiredly. "It's not like it's one big bad thing. It's a lot of little invisible things. When Magnus and I were traveling, and I'd call from the road, Dad never asked how he was. When I get up to talk in Clave meetings, no one listens, and I don't know if that's because I'm young or if it's because of something else. I saw Mom talking to a friend about her grandchildren and the second I walked into the room they shut up. Irina Cartwright told me it was a pity no one would ever inherit my blue eyes now." He shrugged and looked toward Magnus, who took a hand off the wheel for a moment to place it on Alec's. "It's not like a stab wound you can protect me from. It's a million little paper cuts every day. Cassandra Clare

Once he asked me what I thought had turned me gay."" I hope you told him you were bitten by a gay spider, " said Simon. Cassandra Clare

You could dress it up with a sequined headband, ” Magnus suggested, offering his boyfriend something blue and sparkly. “Just a thought.” “Resist the urge, Alec.” Simon was sitting on the edge of a low wall with Maia beside him, though she appeared to be deep in conversation with Aline. “You’ll look like Olivia Newton-John in Xanadu.” “There are worse things, ” Magnus observed. Cassandra Clare

Perhaps there isn’t anything Alec is afraid of.” Magnus glanced at Alec and raised his eyebrows. “Boo, ” he said. Jace was grinning. “Come on, surely you’ve got a phobia or two. What scares you?” Alec thought for a moment. “Spiders, ” he said. Clary turned to Luke. “Have you got a spider anywhere?” Luke looked exasperated. “Why would I have a spider? Do I look like someone who would collect them?”“ No offense, ” Jace said, “But you kind of do.”“ You know”--- Alec’s tone was sour---” Maybe this was a stupid experiment.”“ What about the dark?” Clary suggested. “We could lock you in the basement.”“ I’m a demon hunter, ” Alec said, with exaggerated patience. “Clearly, I am not afraid of the dark. Cassandra Clare

I thought you were dead." Magnus smiled crookedly. "What, from that scratch?" He glanced down at the reddening jacket in Alec's hand. "Okay, a deep scratch. Like, from a really, really big cat. Cassandra Clare