“You could be taught something for so long, you can have it drummed into you, and then one person can come and change everything, pull the rug out from everything you believe, everything that you’ve ever seen. And if you’re fortunate in your life you meet maybe one of those people - my advice would be, marry that person, take them with you. And the closest thing Jace had to that was the parabatai bond, to become soulmates and twinned in life and battle and love for the rest of their lives. Cause Alec rocked his world.” — Dominic Sherwood, Italian Institute Con 2, July 15, 2018, on why Jace asked Alec to be his parabatai in spite of Valentine’s teachings (x)













