Destruction, in The Sandman Volume VII: Brief Lives

"I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going out.

But from here, I can pretend...

I can pretend that things LAST. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments.

Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. Worlds don't last; and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust.

But I can pretend."