“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 _________
Peace it lacks proper subject verbs,adverbs <span />
Chief Justice John Marshall (1801-1835) expanded judicial powers the most, and answers argue that his contributions to the "concept of judicial review" (one answer argued that he created the concept) and establishment of a unified court opinion led to a Supreme Court.