given a text file ./QUOTES.txt formatted by line with {CHARACTER NAME} preceeding quotes by that character quotes.rb will display a random quote by that character

quotes.rb

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# quotes.rb
# Author: Alice "Duchess" Archer
# usage: [ruby] ./quotes.rb [<character name>]
# example: ruby ./quotes.rb Leonard Church
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def file
      @file = File.readlines("./QUOTES.txt")
end

def get_quotes character
      lines = file
      lines.each { |a| a.chomp! }
      quote_lines = []
      at_character = false
      lines.each do |line|
            if line =~ /\{.+\}/
                  if line =~ /\{#{character}\}/ and !at_character
                        at_character = true
                        next
                  elsif line =~ /\{.+\}/ and at_character
                        break;
                  end
            end

            if at_character
                  quote_lines.push(line)
            end

      end

      return quote_lines
end

def pick_quote quote_lines
      length = quote_lines.length
      i = rand(length)
      return quote_lines[i]
end

character = ""

0.upto(ARGV.length - 1) { |i| character.concat("#{ARGV[i]} ") }
character = character[0..-2].to_s

puts "#{pick_quote(get_quotes(character))} - #{character}"