A deus ex machina will never appear in real life so you best make other arrangements.

Marisha Pessl
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Deus ex machina is a word that means “god from a machine.” It’s the technical term for the sudden, out-of-nowhere, and unexpected appearance of a character who performs a crucial action in a play. In literature it often refers to the appearance of a character who has been offstage, usually because he or she was not needed any longer. The drama continues on with just the characters on stage without any extra people to save the day.

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