Catherine is talking about dreams, but apply ‘read’ and ‘books’ to the sentence and there you have the perfect image for how words enter consciousness: Catherine is talking to Nelly (while Heathcliff fatefully eavesdrops: if only he had stayed to hear the end of the conversation how different English Literature would be). There is a beautiful line in Wuthering Heights. I am not sure ‘influence’ is the best word for what reading does to writing.
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