100+ Best 'Shadowhunters' Quotes: "All the legends are true."

Quote from Shadowhunters 3x22 | Jace Herondale: You can see me. Clary Fairchild: Yeah, of course I can see you. (Jace leaves the art studio) Hey! Hey, I'm talking to you. Don't I know you... from somewhere? Jace Herondale: No, I don't think so. Clary Fairchild: No, I do. I definitely do. I... You're Jace, right? Jace Herondale: Yeah. Yeah, I'm Jace. Clary Fairchild: Yeah? I'm Clary. Um... What are these tattoos on your neck?

12.5.2019 What are these tattoos on your neck?

Jace Herondale: You know, I pray every day... every day to the angels that they will see that our love is stronger than their spite.

Simon Lewis: I know how much you're hurting. But she'd want you to move on, to find someone else.

Jace Herondale: There is no one else.

12.5.2019 Our love is stronger than their spite.

Maia Roberts: What about you? How's your book coming along?

Simon Lewis: Ooh! I finally came up with a title. Unseen World: The Divine Implements by Ezekiel J. Russo.

Maia Roberts: Ooh! Nice pen name.

Simon Lewis: I wish I could use my name, though. Clary would be really excited to see that the graphic novel we started working on so long ago was finally finished.

12.5.2019 Unseen World: The Divine Implements by Ezekiel J. Russo

(Jace is reading Clary's letter...)

Clary Fairchild: By the time you read this letter, my memories of you and the Shadow World will be gone. It was the price the angels made me pay for the runes I've created. But I have no regrets. Even if I don't remember you, you will always be in my heart...

12.5.2019 By the time you read this letter…

Jace Herondale: You're the best thing that ever happened to me, Clary Fairchild.

Clary Fairchild: Every single cell in my body loves you. And when those cells die and new ones are born, those cells love you even more. So, Jace, no matter what happens, my love for you will never die.

12.5.2019 My love for you will never die.

Izzy Lightwood: How is life as a mundane?

Raphael Santiago: It's amazing. I'm finally able to pursue a calling I've had since I was a kid.

Simon Lewis: Celebrity tamale chef. Men's tailor?

Raphael Santiago: Yeah, no. I joined the seminary.

Izzy Lightwood: You're gonna be a priest?

Raphael Santiago: One day. But I have to get back in touch with my God first.

12.5.2019 How is life as a mundane?

Quote from Shadowhunters 3x22 | Alec Lightwood: Magnus Bane... Magnus Bane: Alexander Gideon Lightwood... Alec and Magnus: I am and will always be your loving husband. Brother Zachariah: It is my honor to pronounce you one.

12.5.2019 I am and will always be your loving husband.

Quote from Shadowhunters 3x22 | Clary Fairchild: I will always love you. Always. Jonathan Morgenstern: I love you, too, Clary. (Clary hugs him, draws a rune on her hand...) Clary? Clary! Clary, you're hurting me. Clary, you're hurting me. Clary Fairchild: It's okay. Jonathan Morgenstern: I can't breathe. Clary Fairchild: It's okay. It's okay. Jonathan Morgenstern: Let me go. Clary Fairchild: I am. Ave atque vale. Goodbye, Jonathan. Goodbye.

12.5.2019 Ave atque vale. Goodbye, Jonathan.

Lorenzo Rey (to Magnus): I never had a family. Never thought one was even possible. But the way your loved ones rallied for you, for each other, showed me a family doesn't need to be something that you're born into. Families can be made. One day, I hope to be as lucky as you in finding one of my own.

12.5.2019 Families can be made.

Quote from Shadowhunters 3x22 | Clary Fairchild: Isabelle, would you ever consider becoming my parabatai? Izzy Lightwood: I was thinking of asking you the very same thing. Clary Fairchild: You were? Izzy Lightwood: You know, I always thought I never needed a parabatai, that I was at my best when I was on my own. But that was before I met you. Clary, I'd like nothing more than to have you as my parabatai.

12.5.2019 Would you ever consider becoming my parabatai?

Quote from Shadowhunters 3x22 | Jace Herondale: Just, um... don't be a stranger. Alec Lightwood: Jace, you're my parabatai. Wherever I go, you're right there next to me.

12.5.2019 Wherever I go, you’re right there next to me.

Alec Lightwood: Magnus is taking care of everything.

Jace Herondale: Right.

Alec Lightwood: But there's a few things I have to do. Like asking you to be my suggenes.

Jace Herondale: Again?

Alec Lightwood: Again. Yeah.

Jace Herondale: Alec, of course.

12.5.2019 Asking you to be my suggenes.

Jonathan Morgenstern: You want me to be your weapon.

Seelie Queen: I want you to be my king. Together, we will destroy the Shadowhunters and rule the earthly realm side by side.

Jonathan Morgenstern: I prefer to rule alone.

(Seelie Queen turns into the child version of herself...)

Seelie Queen: Please, Jonathan. Please. You wouldn't dare hurt a child. Have mercy.

Jonathan Morgenstern: Mercy is for humans. And I'm no longer human.

12.5.2019 Mercy is for humans. And I’m no longer human.

Quote from Shadowhunters 3x22 | Magnus Bane: First up, location. How about the Taj Mahal? Alec Lightwood: Mmm-mmm. Magnus Bane: Or Machu Picchu, hmm, in the Temple of the Sun? Alec Lightwood: Or how about... the Institute? Magnus Bane: Riiiiight. Because when I think romantic, I think of the New York Institute.

12.5.2019 How about… the Institute? – Riiiiight.

Alec Lightwood: "You are cordially invited to the wedding of Alexander Gideon Lightwood and Magnus Bane." Tonight?

Magnus Bane: Why wait even a day longer? After everything we've been through, who knows what crisis will befall us tomorrow.

12.5.2019 You are cordially invited to the wedding of Malec…

Synopsis / Summary

Just a normal teenage girl living in New York – that is Clary Fray. Until she starts seeing strange things around her. Her mother goes missing, and Clary finds out she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters. Shadowhunters, also known as Nephilim are humans born with angel blood who fight demons. Clary and her best friend Simon Lewis are joined with Shadowhunters Jace Wayland, Izzy Lightwood and Alec Lightwood to help her find her mother.

Characters / Cast

Choose character to show quotes by her/him.
A-Z List of Characters

Character	Played by
Alec Lightwood (Alexander)	Matthew Daddario
Asmodeus	Jack J. Yang
Brother Zachariah	Jonathan Ho
Camille Belcourt	Kaitlyn Leeb
Catarina Loss	Sophia Walker
Clary Fairchild (Clary Fray)	Katherine McNamara
Elaine Lewis	Christina Cox
Hodge Starkweather	Jon Cor
Imogen Herondale	Mimi Kuzyk
Isabelle Lightwood (Izzy)	Emeraude Toubia
Jace Herondale (Jace Wayland)	Dominic Sherwood
Jocelyn Fray	Maxim Roy
Luke Garroway (Lucian Greymark)	Isaiah Mustafa
Lydia Branwell	Stephanie Bennett
Magnus Bane	Harry Shum Jr.
Maia Roberts	Alisha Wainwright
Maryse Lightwood	Nicola Correia-Damude
Max Lightwood	Jack Fulton
Meliorn	Jade Hassouné
Raphael Santiago	David Castro
Sebastian Morgenstern (Jonathan)	Will Tudor / Luke Baines
Seelie Queen	Lola Flanery / Sarah Hyland / Kimberly-Sue Murray
Simon Lewis	Alberto Rosende
Valentine Morgenstern	Alan Van Sprang
Victor Aldertree	Nick Sagar

Top 10 unforgettable quotes from Shadowhunters

“All the legends are true. We’re Shadowhunters. We protect the human world from the demon world.” – Jace Wayland to Clary (1×01)

“It’s the Shadowhunter creed. ‘Looking better in black than the widows of our enemies.'” – Jace Wayland to Clary (1×02)

“We’re Lightwoods. We break noses and accept the consequences.” – Alec Lightwood to Maryse (1×06)

“The law is hard, but it is the law.” – Unpopular Shadowhunter motto (repeated)

“Shadowhunters are all alike. Their mortality makes them fickle, selfish, weak. In the end, they always choose their own kind.” – Seelie Queen (2×14)

“When times turn dark, rules are what bind us to our humanity.” – Luke Garroway (2×18)

“You don’t choose the blades. The blades choose you.” – Luke Garroway (3×01)

“Three go in. Three come out.” – Lightwood trio’s motto (3×08)

“It’s not about beauty. Tiger has stripes, I have eyeliner.” – Magnus Bane (3×11)

“‘Aku cinta kamu.’ Indonesian for ‘I love you.'” – Magnus Bane to Alec (3×19)

Facts & Trivia

• Several members of cast got the angelic rune tattooed (little version of course).

• Matthew Daddario (Alec) auditioned for the role of Jace. We know how that ended…

• Harry Shum Jr and Matthew Daddario also auditioned for the movie City of Bones.

• We got the show thanks to the movie City of Bones not doing well and its sequal cancelled.

• Isaiah Mustafa (Luke) is most known as the “Old Spice” guy from the commercials.

• Shadowhunters in the series are not shy to use mundane technology, in the books they are more conservative, you wouldn’t see computers at the institute.

• Sadly due to be cancelled after Season 3 due to licensing disputes and economic difficulty.

» You can find more Facts & Trivia on IMDb

Full title:	Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments
Genres:	Fantasy, Action, Romance
Produced by:	Freeform, Netflix
Release Date:	12 January 2016
Status:	Ended with Season 3 in 2019
Number of seasons:	3

Shadowhunters Quotes

Latest quotes added:

Info

Synopsis / Summary

Characters / Cast

Top 10 unforgettable quotes from Shadowhunters

Facts & Trivia

More about Shadowhunters