"I think I fell in love with her, a little bit. Isn't that dumb? But it was like I knew her. Like she was my oldest, dearest friend. The kind of person you can tell anything to, no matter how bad, and they'll still love you, because they know you. I wanted to go with her. I wanted her to notice me. And then she stopped walking. Under the moon, she stopped. And looked at us. She looked at me. Maybe she was trying to tell me something; I don't know. She probably didn't even know I was there. But I'll always love her. All my life."
-World's End
"Perhaps I would still be with Patricia, if, at each kiss, at every touch, I had not compared her to the woman on the island. Her eyes were not so dark and sparkling. Her smile was never so haunting."
-Endless Nights
"Can I tell you something? Something private…Um. I love you"
-Death: The Time of Your Life
Mortals constantly fall in love with Death. We may claim to fear her and all that she represents, but secretly we understand. She is inevitable. Perhaps that does not explain our love. We can fear and loathe the unavoidable as much as any other thing. But maybe what we love is that whether we are happy or sad, whether we want her or not, she is there for us. We love that she is reliable. We love her for being there through times of Delight and of Despair. When all others abandon us, Death remains. We love her for that.
"I love you too."
-Death: The Time of Your Life
The actual story is a hundred word drabble. The rest is quotes about Death from the Sandman book. If anyone is curious, the first one is Brant, then Sergei, then Hazel, and the last one is Death.