What is the best way to punctuate the bolded portion of the quotation?

“so perhaps it does not matter very much in which order anyone reads them—c. s. lewis

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them.”—c. s. lewis

them,”—c. s. lewis

The best way to punctuate the bolded portion of the quotation is the following:

C. them."-C.S. Lewis

This is the best way considering that the sentence ends on 'Lewis'. Periods always go inside quotations, as you can see from this brief description between different citing standards.

MLA: Commas and periods directly following quotations always go inside closing quotation marks. Question marks can vary depending if the question is part of the quote, then the punctuation mark goes inside the quotation marks. If the question is not part of the direct quote, it goes outside.

AP: All punctuation goes inside the closing quotation marks. This includes commas, periods, question marks and exclamation points.

Chicago: Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks. Question marks and exclamation points that are part of the original quote are included inside quotation marks.

you need to include the text. we have no idea what you are referring to

b. the poet identifies with private people.

    in the stanza, dickinson states she doesn't wish to seek fame and recognition from the public eye. nor is she afraid of authority figures, and you can definitely tell she isn't hiding something. more as she identifies with private people, who are not known by the community