# How do you punctuate paragraphed monologues and quotes within them? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [July 14, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-punctuate-paragraphed-monologues-and-quotes-within-them/987017 "2023-07-14T10:12:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-punctuate-paragraphed-monologues-and-quotes-within-them/987017/8 "2023-07-14T19:08:28Z")
There is considerable recent discussion (among other digressions) on this specific point in the thread cited below. I make no claims to personal expertise on the topic, but our OP might find a trustworthy tidbit in the various posts: > [@Nitpick your fellow Dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nitpick-your-fellow-dopers/985583): > > Here’s your chance to (gently) scold your fellow Dopers for all the little things they do that annoy you, reasonably or not. No need to name names, and since this isn’t the Pit (yet), please keep it civil. I’m a former copy editor, so many of my nitpicks fall in that realm. Quoting multiple paragraphs of text: First of all, here on the SDMB, why not just use the [quote] function? That would obviate the need for my nitpick. Which is, that in book and periodical publishing for well over a centu… Here’s another trustworthy tidbit: > Said, “If you’re gonna play the game, boy > You gotta learn to play it right” > > You got to know when to hold 'em > Know when to fold 'em > Know when to walk away > And know when to run --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-punctuate-paragraphed-monologues-and-quotes-within-them/987017)._