That's the point of quotations, you know: one can use another's words to be insulting.
Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by Abby Adams, 1989.
-- Carolyn Heilbrun, (Jan 13 1926-2003), US writer, educator, feminist; She wrote novels under the pen name of Amanda Cross; noted for her mysteries and books on feminist issues including best-seller Writing a Women's Life, 1988.