Most phones, long press the text and normally you’ll get some of the text highlighted and little arrows/dots at each end. Simply drag the first dot to the start of the text you want to copy, and drag the second dot to the end of what you want to copy.
Normally then (on Android at least) an option box will pop up with copy, cut, select all etc. Pick what you want, copy for example, then long press in the response box for that same option box. Hit paste, and then put a quote button beginning and end…
Honestly, it’s like trying to teach your granny to programme the video player….
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