We talked for hours. He talked and I listened. It was like wind and sunlight. It blew all the cobwebs away.

John Fowles
We talked for hours. He talked and I listened. It...
We talked for hours. He talked and I listened. It...
We talked for hours. He talked and I listened. It...
We talked for hours. He talked and I listened. It...
About This Quote

A rough translation of the phrase: "He talked and I listened. It was like wind and sunlight. It blew all the cobwebs away." This is a Valentine's Day poem, written by William Blake in 1799, and it tries to explain what love feels like. The speaker talks about how much he loves the person he is describing, but says that he feels as though he doesn't have much to say, so he can only listen. "It blows all the cobwebs away" means that everything seems so clear after they speak.

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