This is a wonderful passage, full of color and drama. It is easy if you know the rules. First of all, know when to use quotation marks. These should enclose any words that are not your own. Failing to put quotation marks around phrases or sentences written by someone else is a kind of theft known as plagiarism.
Plagiarism is bad.
To be effective, the quoted material must be both colorful and relevant . Don't quote pedestrian passages, paraphrase instead. Always identify who is being quoted in the text of your paper, as well as in a footnote. Vary the position of the identifier. Replace said and wrote with action verbs like exclaimed, declared, marveled, excoriated, demanded , and rhapsodized .