I Like the Stars

I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they are 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 flicked 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.

                                                                   Neil Gaiman

Sandman Vol. 7: Brief Lives