diff --git a/lib/shared/message-utils.js b/lib/shared/message-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/message-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/message-utils.js
@@ -410,10 +410,13 @@
   return codeBlockRegex.exec(message) ? message.trimEnd() : message.trim();
 }
 
-function createMessageReply(message: string): string {
+function createMessageQuote(message: string): string {
   // add `>` to each line to include empty lines in the quote
-  const quotedMessage = message.replace(/^/gm, '> ');
-  return quotedMessage + '\n\n';
+  return message.replace(/^/gm, '> ');
+}
+
+function createMessageReply(message: string): string {
+  return createMessageQuote(message) + '\n\n';
 }
 
 function getMostRecentNonLocalMessageID(
@@ -559,6 +562,7 @@
   createMediaMessageInfo,
   stripLocalIDs,
   trimMessage,
+  createMessageQuote,
   createMessageReply,
   getMostRecentNonLocalMessageID,
   getMessageTitle,