And Herakles was full of it. He just got dead drunk for a couple of weeks in Phrygia and told everyone he’d been to the land of the dead.
Death, in SANDMAN: “The Song of Orpheus”
No, Mister Mulligan. I really can’t get a message to her. I’m sorry. Who am I? Just a friend. Sometimes. Maybe. Sorry I couldn’t help any. Be seeing you…
Death, in SANDMAN #20: “Façade”
When the first living thing existed, I was there, waiting. When the last living thing dies, my job is finished. I’ll put the chairs on tables, turn out the lights and lock the universe behind me when I leave.
Death, in SANDMAN #20: “Façade”
And you’ve come for me? Blessed, merciful death. You’ve come to make it all stop?”
“No. I haven’t come for you, Rainie. There was a woman upstairs, changing the light bulb in her kid’s room. The stepladder slipped… Like I said, I was passing and I heard you crying, and, well, the door was open…
Element Girl and Death, in SANDMAN #20: “Façade”