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There's always a lighthouse, always a man, always a city.
— BioShock Infinite ‧ 2013
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is the game's idea of the multiverse in one sentence: whatever else changes from world to world, the same three things come back. For fans it explains why a lighthouse opens the story and why the city, whether Columbia or Rapture, is always waiting. Quoted when someone wants to say history repeats, or as a spoiler-laden nod to the series' structure.
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In context
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In BioShock Infinite (Irrational Games, 2013), Elizabeth says this to Booker DeWitt in the Sea of Doors chapter, late in the game. After she finds the key to the door she thought was locked, the two step through into a place full of countless lighthouses. Booker asks where they are, and Elizabeth explains that there are a million million worlds, all different and all similar; in every one, certain things stay constant, and the lighthouse, the man and the city are those constants. Every door to every reality appears here as a lighthouse. Wikiquote prints the three constants in a different order from the form fans use.
Sources (2)
- BioShock Wiki: Sea of DoorsWalkthrough summary, the passage after Elizabeth opens the doorReference checked
- Wikiquote: BioShock InfiniteElizabeth sectionReference checked
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