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“Here's my watch. If I wind it, it marks time. It exists. It is alive. If the spring breaks, it stops. It no longer marks the hour. It is dead. Time does not exist for it. Same with you, when your main spring is gone.”

Soul Death Time Watches Life And Living Death And Dying Deus Ex Machina Exsistence

Book:The Werewolf of Paris

Source: The Werewolf of Paris

“The new non-Dionysiac spirit is most clearly apparent in the endings of the new dramas. At the end of the old tragedies there was a sense of metaphysical conciliation without which it is impossible to imagine our taking delight in tragedy; perhaps the conciliatory tones from another world echo most purely in Oedipus at Colonus. Now, once tragedy had lost the genius of music, tragedy in the strictest sense was dead: for where was that metaphysical consolation now to be found? Hence an earthly resolution for tragic dissonance was sought; the hero, having been adequately tormented by fate, won his well-earned reward in a stately marriage and tokens of divine honour. The hero had become a gladiator, granted freedom once he had been satisfactorily flayed and scarred. Metaphysical consolation had been ousted by the deus ex machina.”

Drama Tragedy Heroes Consolation Greek Tragedy Plays Deus Ex Machina Dionysian

Book:The Birth of Tragedy

Source: The Birth of Tragedy

“...This particular blunder is known as deus ex machina, which is French for "Are you fucking kidding me?”

Deus Ex Machina

Book:How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide

Source: How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide

“At a certain point, we have to stop ‘play time,’ start ‘construction time’ and get things going, instead of getting mired down in the quicksand of wishful thinking, clutching desperately to imaginary ‘dei ex machina.’ (" Swim or sink")”

Imaginary Wishful Thinking Quicksand Deus Ex Machina Play Time Clutching Construction Time Get Things Going Mired Down

Author:Erik Pevernagie

“...This type of ending is a special instance of deus ex machina, known as the folie adieu, which is French for "Are you FUCKING kidding me?”

Deus Ex Machina Folie Adieu

Book:How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide

Source: How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide

“I am not a fan of the magical quick fix in any fiction, including fantasy, scifi and comic books. Unless Dr. Who is involved, and then only because we get to use the phrase 'Timey-wimey wibbliness' which, I'm sure you'll agree, there are not enough occasions to drop into ordinary adult conversation.”

Writing Magic Science Fiction Time Travel Comic Books Deus Ex Machina Dr Who Fantasy Genre

Author:Chris Dee

“Let us end this farce, observer! Give me your final, most beloved act of "will"... The one you most wish to believe was your own idea! "My own... will... I... I believe that this love for Yukiteru-kun... is real!”

Deus Ex Machina Aru Akise Aru Akise

Author:Sakae Esuno

“I like it. A Silicon Valley ghost story.”

Artificial Intelligence Veteran Cyberpunk Deus Ex Machina

Book:Agency

Source: Agency

“The Christian God came, not as a deus ex machina to set everything externally in order, but as the Son of Man in order interiorly to share in the passion of mankind. And this, too, is precisely the task of the Christian: to share in the passion of mankind from within, to extend the sphere of human being so that it will find room for the presence of God.”

Christianity Christian Faith Deus Ex Machina The Incarnation

Author:Pope Benedict XVI

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

Life Reality Literature Fiction Real Life Plot Plan Deus Ex Machina Plot Device

Book:Special Topics in Calamity Physics

Source: Special Topics in Calamity Physics