Original sentence: After returning to France, Napierkowska said, "Really, I have not brought away a single pleasant memory from the United States," and "What a narrow-minded people they are -- how utterly impervious to any beautiful impression
Edited sentence: After returning to France, Napierkowska commented, "Really, I have not brought away a single pleasant memory from the United States," and she said, "What a narrow-minded people they are -- how utterly impervious to any beautiful impression