Start a new line after your center-aligned title. Change the format to left-alignment and indent to start a new paragraph.
Write your quote, with quotation marks on both sides of it, capitalizing only the first word and proper nouns. Do not yet add other punctuation at the end. Example:
"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being"
Put the quote's author's last name in parentheses, followed by a comma, followed by the year the quote's source was published, followed by "p." and the page number it appeared on, if applicable. After the parentheses, put the quote's ending punctuation. For example:
"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being" (Jung, 1995, p. 326).
Write a citation for the source of the quote in proper APA format in the references section of your paper. This is the proper format for a quote from a book:
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). "Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle". Location: Publisher.
In our example:
Jung, C.G. (1995). "Memories, Dreams, Reflections". New York: Fontana HarperCollins.