“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 _________
Explanation:
When translating an original text, the translator has several options for making structural changes that include Character development, conflict resolution and dialogue and among those he should chose dialogue