...speed from energy...

Sometimes I wonder whether we start unconsciously to pick up the language style of our favorite books; whether we read them so many times that the way we speak begins to shadow the way the author writes. I'm only thinking about this because I'm reading Sheila Heti's 'The Middle Stories' and it sounds like Laurie. Which is funny (or unsurprising) because it's one of her favorite books.

Now I'm wondering if I sound like my favorite books? I'll have to make someone who knows me read one of them, then tell me.