A direct quotation always begins with a capital letter, and is placed within inverted commas, thus:—
But his little daughter whispered,
As she shook his icy hand,
“Isn’t God upon the ocean,
Just the same as on the land?”
The man said, “Where are you going?”
The titles of books are generally placed within inverted commas, thus:—
Defoe wrote “Robinson Crusoe.”
Thackeray is the author of “Vanity Fair,” “Pendennis,” “Esmond,” “The Newcomes,” and other novels.