--- a/textshaper/quote.py	Sun Feb 23 10:59:10 2014 -0800
+++ b/textshaper/quote.py	Sun Feb 23 11:41:37 2014 -0800
@@ -2,28 +2,36 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 """
-split some lines
+quote some lines
 """
 
 import argparse
 import os
 import sys
 
+def quotelines(text, quote="'", close_quote=None):
+    """
+    individually quote each line of text
+
+    quote -- quote character to use
+    close_quote -- closing quote character, if different from opening quote
+    """
+
+    if close_quote is None:
+        close_quote = quote
+    return ["{}{}{}".format(quote, line, close_quote) for line in lines]
+
+
 def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
+    """CLI"""
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
     parser.add_argument('input', nargs='?',
                         type=argparse.FileType('r'), default=sys.stdin,
                         help='input file, or read from stdin if ommitted')
-    parser.add_argument('--quote', dest='quote',
-                        action='store_true', default=False)
     options = parser.parse_args(args)
 
-    read = options.input.read()
-
-    lines = read.strip().split()
-    if options.quote:
-        lines = ["'{}'".format(line) for line in lines]
+    lines = quotelines(options.input)
 
     print '\n'.join(lines)