How'd you get Magnus to let Jace leave?" "Traded him for Alec," Clary said.
Love make us a liar. . Jace Wayland/Herondale, City of Ashes
You kindled me, heap of ashes that I am, into fire. He had wondered once why love was always phrased in terms of burning. The conflagration in his own veins, now, gave the answer.
nothing says 'I love you' like reducing yourself to a smoldering pile of ashes
I don't care," Clary said. "He'd do it for me. Tell me he wouldn't. If I were missing-" "He'd burn the whole world down till he could dig you out of the ashes. I know," Alec said.
He'd burn the whole world down til he could dig out you of the ashes.
Every time you almost die, I almost die myself.
I'm pure at heart. It repels the dirt.