How do you express someone's quoted words?
For example if you want to say:
"My mother said, '....' "
or
"He used to say, '...' "

Question

How do you express someone's quoted words?
For example if you want to say:
 "My mother said, '....' "
or
 "He used to say, '...' "

Answer

As Take explained, you can use "と言う”(and variations of 言う, including honorific forms).  You can also use "って言う" (and variations of 言う again).

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Hello. Please let me answer your question.
Does it make sense to you?"

My mother said, '....'　= 私の母は、'....'と言っていた。

He used to say, '...'  = 彼は、よく '....'と言っていた。

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