“We can’t tell them anything”, I said, without thinking.
This is proper because when a person says something in the novel these (“”) must be used to isolate their words.
Look at this example as well:
According to Abraham Lincoln, “America will never be destroyed on the outside”. This means _________
<span> A. Problem/solution
This paragraph starts by identifying the problem that NACA faced: they needed more computers. The solution is then described in detail. They ended up hiring women, and the paragraph goes on to show how and why the number of women and the racial diversity at NACA grew over the next ten years. </span>
One has to fall to build and grow the war. currents of water help the pine tree grow, so the pine is the war and the deaths are the currents