As someone who writes books, I'd normally use quotation marks, and the person is obviously talking, so the first one should be correct.
Romanticism and transcendentalism encouraged individuals to discover or make their own truth rather than obey the constructs of the time.
redundancy is a state of not being need at all or anymore. people when they repeat their words it can become redundant and annoying for there is no purpose to them. so which sentence is stating something not needed. Redundancy usually involves repeating something or adding in information that is completely unnecessary. so look for that.
