"[last lines, in a letter left on his wife’s grave] I lived through the Blitz, Pearl — and the fall of Rapture. They took my memory, my voice — everything that made me a man. But nothing ever scared me so much as saying goodbye. I wanted to save you. I couldn’t resist trying to bring you back the only way I knew how. But... You didn’t want that — I know it now. And I think I’m finally ready... To let you go your way. I stand here with sun on my face... And it’s almost like I can feel you smiling. Goodbye, Pearl. I love you more than I’ve got words for. —Milton"