fear of flying...

"Birds of a thousand colours danced in the sky when I was a boy. They brightened the day with their intricate songs. "We are who we choose to be," sang the goldfinch, when the sun was high. "I dream about dreams about dreams," sang the nightingale, under the pale moon..."

-Master Li, in Sandman #74, "The Exile"

"Nothing to fear? I thought I heard the beating of mighty wings, as in a nightmare that rode me when I was a boy..."
"You do. But have no fear of them..."

-Shakespeare and Dream, in Sandman #75, "The Tempest"

"Only the phoenix arises and does not descend. And everything changes. And nothing is truly lost..."

-The true end of the series, in Sandman #74, "The Exile"