“That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

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American writer 1918–2007

Dora Read Goodale (1866–1953) U.S. poet

Hepatica, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 365.

“I know that it will hurt
I know that it will break your heart
the way things are
and the way they've been
and the way they've always been”

Natalie Merchant (1963) American singer-songwriter

Song lyrics, Ophelia (1998), Break Your Heart

“You can be screamingly blind to the obvious if you don’t realize that you have not opened up all the doors of your mind.”

Glen Cook book Water Sleeps

Source: Water Sleeps (1999), Chapter 83 (p. 298)

“I'd come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain, clear-cut language.”

Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …

“A big surprise is coming toward you. How clear do you want to be about all your current commitments, when it hits?”

David Allen (1945) American productivity consultant and author

19 October 2009 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/4977274727
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“The only thing they've got to do is clear the dead bodies away”

Boris Johnson (1964) British politician, historian and journalist

Theresa May faces calls to sack Boris Johnson over Libya comments https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/03/sirte-can-become-a-holiday-destination-if-it-clears-the-dead-bodies-says-johnson, in the Guardian; published October 4, 2017
2017
Context: There's a group of UK business people, wonderful guys who want to invest in. The only thing they've got to do is clear the dead bodies away and then they'll be there.