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It's about living with certain turns of phrase and modulations of thought until they become a part of your own style and thought.
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I think that having learnt passages from Shakespeare when at college and uni is the main reason why I can now read his plays as easily as novels. The language is clear in meaning to me because of all the quotes in my head. I had to learn them because they illustrated points which were likely to arise in exams, but I'm so glad that this was necessary.
The words of many other great writers live in my head.