Death (The Sandman's Big Sister!)

Element Girl and Death, in SANDMAN #20: "Façade"

Anyway: I'm not blessed or merciful. I'm just me. I've got a job to do and I do it. Listen: even as we're talking, I'm there for old and young, innocent and guilty, those who die together and those who die alone. I'm in cars and boats and planes, in hospitals and forests and abattoirs. For some folks death is a release and for others death is an abomination, a terrible thing. But in the end, I'm there for all of them.

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"

Rainie, mythologies take longer to die than people believe. They linger on in a kind of dream country that affects all of you.

Death, in SANDMAN #20: "Façade"

It's his never-ending battle against Apep, the serpent that never dies. Dumb. I told him, "The serpent that never dies is dead. I took her three thousand years ago! The never-ending battle ended..."

Death, in SANDMAN #31: "Three Septembers and a January"

I've met a lot of kings, and emperors and heads of state in my time, Joshua. I've met them all. And you know something? I think I liked you best.

Death, in SANDMAN #31: "Three Septembers and a January"

It's a great hat. Can I try it on?

Death, in SANDMAN #31: "Three Septembers and a January"

"I must confess, I have always wondered what lay beyond life, my dear."

"Yeah, everybody wonders. And sooner or later everybody gets to find out."

Orpheus and Death, in SANDMAN: "The Song of Orpheus"

"Mortal man?"

"Yes?"

"Beware of the dog."

From The Sandman comic-books by Neil Gaiman