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I recall seeing a package to make quotes like that of the following image at the start of a chapter, but I can't seem to find it again.



Combinatorics and Graph Theory



(This image is from the book Combinatorics and Graph Theory by Harris, Hirst, and Mossinghoff)






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  • How to do just the beautiful quote in the first picture example by redefining newenvironment{quote} and also by defining my own myQuote{<quote>}{<my whom>} in documentclass{article}?
    – user16637
    Jul 15 '12 at 18:23






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    That is an awesome quote.
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    Oct 20 '13 at 17:36
















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I recall seeing a package to make quotes like that of the following image at the start of a chapter, but I can't seem to find it again.



Combinatorics and Graph Theory



(This image is from the book Combinatorics and Graph Theory by Harris, Hirst, and Mossinghoff)






chapters quoting







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  • How to do just the beautiful quote in the first picture example by redefining newenvironment{quote} and also by defining my own myQuote{<quote>}{<my whom>} in documentclass{article}?
    – user16637
    Jul 15 '12 at 18:23






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    That is an awesome quote.
    – Jason
    Oct 20 '13 at 17:36














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I recall seeing a package to make quotes like that of the following image at the start of a chapter, but I can't seem to find it again.



Combinatorics and Graph Theory



(This image is from the book Combinatorics and Graph Theory by Harris, Hirst, and Mossinghoff)






chapters quoting







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I recall seeing a package to make quotes like that of the following image at the start of a chapter, but I can't seem to find it again.



Combinatorics and Graph Theory



(This image is from the book Combinatorics and Graph Theory by Harris, Hirst, and Mossinghoff)






chapters quoting




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edited Apr 26 '12 at 3:45









Werner

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  • How to do just the beautiful quote in the first picture example by redefining newenvironment{quote} and also by defining my own myQuote{<quote>}{<my whom>} in documentclass{article}?
    – user16637
    Jul 15 '12 at 18:23






  • 7




    That is an awesome quote.
    – Jason
    Oct 20 '13 at 17:36


















  • How to do just the beautiful quote in the first picture example by redefining newenvironment{quote} and also by defining my own myQuote{<quote>}{<my whom>} in documentclass{article}?
    – user16637
    Jul 15 '12 at 18:23






  • 7




    That is an awesome quote.
    – Jason
    Oct 20 '13 at 17:36
















How to do just the beautiful quote in the first picture example by redefining newenvironment{quote} and also by defining my own myQuote{<quote>}{<my whom>} in documentclass{article}?
– user16637
Jul 15 '12 at 18:23




How to do just the beautiful quote in the first picture example by redefining newenvironment{quote} and also by defining my own myQuote{<quote>}{<my whom>} in documentclass{article}?
– user16637
Jul 15 '12 at 18:23




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That is an awesome quote.
– Jason
Oct 20 '13 at 17:36




That is an awesome quote.
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I think it is the package epigraph and is included in both TeX Live and MiKTeX distributions.



documentclass{book}

usepackage{epigraph}

begin{document}

chapter{First Chapter}

epigraph{I recall seeing a package to make quotes}{Snowball}

end{document}


enter image description here






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    I had to laugh out loud when I read the quote. Thanks for that. ;-)
    – mre
    Aug 28 '13 at 22:53






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    Is there a way to change the width of the line?
    – Germano Massullo
    Apr 16 '16 at 11:33






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    @Caterpillar Put setlength{epigraphwidth}{3in} before the use of the epigraph command. Select a length appropriate to your needs. Reference: pg3 from texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/epigraph/epigraph.pdf
    – R. Schumacher
    Apr 16 '16 at 18:39



















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The memoir document class offers "out of the box" commands chapterprecis, chapterprecishere, and chapterprecistoc:



documentclass{memoir}



begin{document}



chapter{Graph Theory}

chapterprecishere{``Begin at the beginning,¨ the King said gravely, ``and

go on till you come to the end: then stop."parraggedleft--- textup{Lewis

Carroll}, Alice in Wonderland}



end{document}


enter image description here



As Brent.Longborough mentions in his comment, memoir also offers an epigraph command and an epigraph environment:



documentclass{memoir}



epigraphfontsize{smallitshape}

setlengthepigraphwidth{8cm}

setlengthepigraphrule{0pt}



begin{document}



chapter{Graph Theory}



epigraphfontsize{smallitshape}

epigraph{``Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, ``and go on till you

come to the end: then stop."}{--- textup{Lewis Carroll}, Alice in Wonderland}





end{document}


enter image description here






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    memoir also offers the epigraph command, as well as the epigraphs environment. Putting on my semantic pedant's hat, this case (and the OP's intent) is, I think, strictly an epigraph; a chapter précis is meant to be an additional information key, rather than amusement.
    – Brent.Longborough
    Apr 26 '12 at 10:42






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    @Brent.Longborough: I've added an example to my answer using epigraph; thank you.
    – Gonzalo Medina
    Apr 26 '12 at 12:04






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    @cfr OH, now my brain hurts; 'Venn diagram needed'.
    – Brent.Longborough
    Apr 14 '14 at 4:07






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    @Brent.Longborough Not possible in a comment ;).
    – cfr
    Apr 14 '14 at 9:54






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    For future readers: a noteworthy difference between epigraph and chapterprecis is that by default the latter appears in the table of contents as well as in the chapter. This may or may not be what you want.
    – Brighid McDonnell
    Nov 8 '16 at 3:13



















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You can also do it yourself:



enter image description here



documentclass{book}



makeatletter

renewcommand{@chapapp}{}% Not necessary...

newenvironment{chapquote}[2][2em]

  {setlength{@tempdima}{#1}%

   defchapquote@author{#2}%

   parshape 1 @tempdima dimexprtextwidth-2@tempdimarelax%

   itshape}

  {parnormalfonthfill-- chapquote@authorhspace*{@tempdima}parbigskip}

makeatother



begin{document}

chapter{Graph Theory}



begin{chapquote}{Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}}

``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you

come to an end; then stop.''

end{chapquote}



noindent The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. In the 1700s

seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar to what you see

in Figure ldots

end{document}


The above MWE provides the chapquote environment that takes one argument - the author of the quote. It indents the quote by 2em (default), but that can also be changed via an optional argument:



begin{chapquote}[30pt]{author}

  %... your quote

end{chapquote}


The default setting is in itshape, with a right-aligned "author".






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    What happens if the epigraph is made of one or more paragraphs? Also for very short quotes the author/source is normally set as one line.
    – Yiannis Lazarides
    Apr 26 '12 at 5:26










  • @YiannisLazarides: True, multiple paragraphs would cause problems when working with parshape. In those instances, the adjustwidth environment (from changepage) would be more appropriate. Regarding the alignment: All things are subject to change, based on the OP's requirement. For example, one could box the content to check for line length and issue par conditionally. Regardless, this provides one means to do it.
    – Werner
    Apr 26 '12 at 5:38



















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Since it hasn't been mentioned before: KOMA-Script also has built-in possibilities for this. There are two main commands of interest here. First



setchapterpreamble[<position>][<width>]{<preamble>}


where position is determined by one or two letters, o (above the chapter) or u (below the chapter) and l,c or r (left-aligned, centered or right-aligned). It allows to put arbitrary stuff before or after the next chapter title without shifting the chapter title itself.



The second command is



dictum[<author>]{<quote>}


which sets the quote and can be used anywhere in the document.



The default settings look like this:



documentclass{scrbook}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}



begin{document}



setchapterpreamble{%

dictum[Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}]{%

``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you

come to an end; then stop.''}}

chapter{Graph Theory}

The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. In the 1700s

seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar to what you see

in Figure ldots



end{document}


default settings



They can be customized by a series of options and commands to obtain a similar output like in the picture of the question:



documentclass{scrbook}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}



% customize chapter format:

KOMAoption{headings}{twolinechapter}

renewcommand*chapterformat{thechapterautodot}



% customize dictum format:

setkomafont{dictumtext}{itshapesmall}

setkomafont{dictumauthor}{normalfont}

renewcommand*dictumwidth{linewidth}

renewcommand*dictumauthorformat[1]{--- #1}

renewcommand*dictumrule{}

begin{document}



setchapterpreamble[uc][.75textwidth]{%

dictum[Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}]{%

``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you

come to an end; then stop.''}vskip1em}

chapter{Graph Theory}

The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. In the 1700s

seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar to what you see

in Figure ldots



end{document}


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  • I updated your code to renewcommand*dictumauthorformat[1]{--- #1par} and can now skip vskip1em. Thanks!
    – Dirk
    Aug 3 '18 at 15:59



















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For the sake of completeness, I provide the following. It might be your alternate.



enter image description here



documentclass{book}

usepackage{quotchap}



begin{document}



begin{savequote}[0.55linewidth]

``Don't give up on your dreams, keep on sleeping.''

qauthor{Higgs Boson (2012 -- present)}



``Stick together team and hold this position!''

qauthor{Counter Terrorist (1999 -- present)}

end{savequote}



chapter{Introduction}



end{document}


More inspirational quotes



``If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero, read TeX Book!''

qauthor{Bug Buster (2014 -- present)}



``Motivation isn't enough. If you've an idiot and you motivate him, now you've a motivated idiot.''

qauthor{Stiff Jokes (2014 -- present)}



``Learning (La)TeX, PSTricks, and PGF/TikZ is similar to learning how to swim or drive a car. You don’t get the full benefit by watching someone else do it. Your own fingers must get involved.''

qauthor{Donut E. Knot (2014 -- present)}



``Don't be lukewarm! If you cannot be the best, be the worst!''

qauthor{Code Mocker (2014 -- present)}



``Beauty without intelligence is a masterpiece painted on a toilet paper.''

qauthor{The Last Error (2014 -- present)}



``For every problem, there is always a solution that is simple, neat, but wrong.''

qauthor{Weirdstress Function (2014 -- present)}





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    +1: These quotes are truly inspirational. "Terrorits win!"
    – Henri Menke
    Mar 18 '14 at 21:07








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    @HenriMenke: There is a typo. It should be "Terrorists win!".
    – kiss my armpit
    Apr 13 '14 at 14:56










  • Could you tell my how you made the chapter look like this?
    – Jon Snow
    Oct 22 '17 at 7:04



















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An adaptation of a piece of code found on line but I do not remember where exactly.



documentclass[11pt]{book}

%%%%********************************************************************

usepackage{microtype}

usepackage{times}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}     

usepackage[english]{babel}

usepackage{graphicx}

usepackage{xcolor}

usepackage{lipsum}

%%%%********************************************************************

% fancy quotes

definecolor{quotemark}{gray}{0.7}

makeatletter

deffquote{%

    @ifnextchar[{fquote@i}{fquote@i}%]

           }%

deffquote@i[#1]{%

    deftempa{#1}%

    @ifnextchar[{fquote@ii}{fquote@ii}%]

                 }%

deffquote@ii[#1]{%

    deftempb{#1}%

    @ifnextchar[{fquote@iii}{fquote@iii}%]

                      }%

deffquote@iii[#1]{%

    deftempc{#1}%

    vspace{1em}%

    noindent%

    begin{list}{}{%

         setlength{leftmargin}{0.1textwidth}%

         setlength{rightmargin}{0.1textwidth}%

                  }%

         item%

         begin{picture}(0,0)%

         put(-15,-5){makebox(0,0){scalebox{3}{textcolor{quotemark}{``}}}}%

         end{picture}%

         begingroupitshape}%

 %%%%********************************************************************

 defendfquote{%

 endgrouppar%

 makebox[0pt][l]{%

 hspace{0.8textwidth}%

 begin{picture}(0,0)(0,0)%

 put(15,15){makebox(0,0){%

 scalebox{3}{color{quotemark}''}}}%

 end{picture}}%

 ifxtempaempty%

 else%

    ifxtempcempty%

       hfillrule{100pt}{0.5pt}\mbox{}hfilltempa, emph{tempb}%

   else%

       hfillrule{100pt}{0.5pt}\mbox{}hfilltempa, emph{tempb}, tempc%

   fifipar%

   vspace{0.5em}%

 end{list}%

 }%

 makeatother

 %%%%********************************************************************

 begin{document}

 chapter{Graph theory}

 begin{fquote}[Lewis Carroll][Alice in Wonderland][1899]Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you come to an end; then stop.

 end{fquote}

 lipsum[2]

 begin{fquote}[Lewis Carroll][Alice in Wonderland][1899]Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you come to an end; then stop.

 end{fquote}

 lipsum[2]

 end{document}


fancy quotes






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    This is beautiful and I'm using it in my PhD dissertation. Thank you, kind stranger :-)
    – AllanM
    Oct 30 '15 at 19:23



















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And if you want to do yourself something very basic, just define a new command:



documentclass{book}



newcommand{chapquote}[3]{begin{quotation} textit{#1} end{quotation} begin{flushright} - #2, textit{#3}end{flushright} }



begin{document}

chapter{First Chapter}



chapquote{``Begin at the beginning,¨ the King said gravely, ``and go on till you come to the end: then stop."}{Lewis Carroll}{Alice in Wonderland}



end{document}


enter image description here






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    Since the quotation paragraph allows paragraph breaks, and some users may therefore be tempted to provide a two-paragraph inspirational quote, you may want to use {itshape#1} instead of textit{#1}, as textit does not permit paragraph breaks in its scope.
    – Mico
    Jan 20 '15 at 17:34












  • @Mico Good to know, thanks! +1
    – wondering
    Jan 20 '15 at 20:33



















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You can gain a finer control of the epigraph and chapter heading by the following package.



begin{filecontents}{chapterhead.sty}

NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[2005/12/01]

ProvidesPackage{chapterhead}[2012/07/16 v0.0.1 Chapter head and epigraph (AM)]

RequirePackage{xkeyval}

RequirePackage{catoptions}

new@defchd@alltoendif#1endif{#1}

new@defchd@firsttoendif#1#2endif{#1}

new@def*chdifnumcmpTF#1#2#3{ifnumcmpTF#1#2{#3}}

% chdifchoice can be used to define choice keys via command keys:

new@def*chdifchoice{chdifcaseifstrcmpTF}

new@def*chdifcase#1#2{%

  ifstrcmpTF{#1}ifnone{%

    chd@alltoendif

  }{%

    ifstrcmpTF{#1}endif{}{%

      ifstrcmpTF{#2}ifnone{%

        chd@alltoendif

      }{%

        ifstrcmpTF{#2}endif{}{chd@ifcase{#1}{#2}}%

      }%

    }%

  }%

}

new@def*chd@ifcase#1#2#3{%

  ifstrcmpTF{#3}ifnone{%

    chd@alltoendif

  }{%

    ifstrcmpTF{#3}endif{}{%

      #1{#2}{#3}chd@firsttoendif{chd@ifcase@i{#1}{#2}}%

    }%

  }%

}

new@def*chd@ifcase@i#1#2#3{chd@ifcase{#1}{#2}}

define@cmdkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{prefix}[KV]{}

define@cmdkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{family}{}

define@cmdkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{holder prefix}[mp@]{}

define@boolkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{initialize}[true]{}

define@boolkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{preset}[true]{}

% Keys not specified in the optional argument of chddefinekeys will

% get default values:

presetkeys[DKV]{definekeys}{prefix,family,holder prefix,

  initialize=false,preset=false}{}



robust@def*chddefinekeys{@testoptchd@definekeys{}}

new@def*chd@definekeys[#1]#2{%

  setkeys[DKV]{definekeys}{#1}%

  defdefkey@defaultlist{}%

  edefreserved@a{cptcommanormalize{#2}}%

  expandafterdefkey@loopreserved@a,defkey@nil,%

  ifboolTF{defkey@preset}{%

    cptexpanded{noexpandpresetkeys

      [defkey@prefix]{defkey@family}{expandcsoncedefkey@defaultlist}{}%

    }%

  }{}%

  ifboolTF{defkey@initialize}{%

    cptexpanded{noexpandsetkeys

      [defkey@prefix]{defkey@family}{expandcsoncedefkey@defaultlist}%

    }%

  }{}%

}

begingroup

lccode`&=1 catcode`&=7

lowercase{endgroup

  new@def*chd@rejecttoks{&}%

  new@def*defkey@loop#1,{%

    defreserved@a{defkey@nil}%

    edefreserved@b{cpttrimspace{#1}}%

    ifxreserved@areserved@bexpandafter@gobbleelseexpandafter@idenfi

    {defkey@splitatslash#1/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/defkey@nildefkey@loop}%

  }

}

new@def*chd@cmprejecttoks#1{ifx#1chd@rejecttokselseexpandcsonce#1fi}

new@def*defkey@splitatslash#1/#2/#3/#4/#5/#6/#7/#8/#9defkey@nil{%

  edefkeytype{cpttrimspace{#1}}%

  edefkeyname{cpttrimspace{#2}}%

  edefkeydefault{cpttrimspace{#3}}%

  edefkeycode{cpttrimspace{#4}}%

  ifxkeynamechd@rejecttoks

    @latexerr{Empty key name}@ehd

  fi

  defreserved@a##1{%

    defreserved@a####1##1####2####3@nil{%

      defreserved@a{####2}%

    }%

    reserved@a cmd{0}bool{1}@nil

  }%

  expandafterreserved@aexpandafter{keytype}%

  ifcasereserved@arelax

    letreserved@adefine@cmdkey

  or

    xifinsetTF{,cptoxdetokkeydefault,}{,detokenize{true,false},}{%

      letreserved@adefine@boolkey

    }{%

      @latexerr{Illegal default value 'cptoxdetokkeydefault'

        MessageBreak for bool key 'keyname'}@ehd

    }%

  else

    @latexerr{Illegal key type '#1'}@ehd

  fi

  cptexpanded{noexpandreserved@a

    [defkey@prefix]{defkey@family}[usecsn{defkey@holder prefix}]%

    {chd@cmprejecttokskeyname}%

    ifxkeydefaultchd@rejecttokselse[expandcsoncekeydefault]fi

    {chd@cmprejecttokskeycode}%

  }%

  edefdefkey@defaultlist{%

    ifxdefkey@defaultlist@emptyelseexpandcsoncedefkey@defaultlist,fi

    keyname

    ifxkeydefaultchd@rejecttokselse=%

      oifstrcmpTFkeytype{bool}{%

        oifstrcmpTFkeydefault{true}{false}{false}%

      }{%

        expandcsoncekeydefault

      }%

    fi

  }%

}

chddefinekeys[

  prefix=CHD,family=epigraf,holder prefix=epg@,initialize,preset

]{%

  cmd/width/hsize,

  cmd/author/,

  cmd/color/black,

  cmd/authorcolor/black,

  bool/use italics for author/true,

  cmd/fontencoding/encodingdefault,

  cmd/fontfamily/familydefault,

  cmd/fontseries/seriesdefault,

  cmd/fontshape/shapedefault,

  cmd/fontsize/10pt,

  cmd/hskip/0ex,

  cmd/prevskip/0ex,

  cmd/postvskip/1ex,

  bool/frame/true,

}

chddefinekeys[

  prefix=CHD,family=chapterhead,holder prefix=chd@,initialize,preset

]{%

  cmd/textcolor/black,

  cmd/textfontencoding/encodingdefault,

  cmd/textfontfamily/familydefault,

  cmd/textfontseries/eb,

  cmd/textfontshape/shapedefault,

  cmd/textfontsize/100pt,

  cmd/numberfontencoding/encodingdefault,

  cmd/numberfontfamily/familydefault,

  cmd/numberfontseries/eb,

  cmd/numberfontshape/shapedefault,

  cmd/numberfontsize/100pt,

%  cmd/leftmargin/leftmargin,

%  cmd/rightmargin/rightmargin,

  cmd/texthskip/0em,

  cmd/textprevskip/0ex,

  cmd/textpostvskip/1ex,

  cmd/numberprevskip/0ex,

  cmd/numberpostvskip/0ex,

  cmd/numberhskip/0em,

  cmd/numbercolor/black,

  cmd/pagestyle/empty,

  bool/make text raggedleft/true,

  bool/make number raggedleft/true,

  bool/print number before text/true,

  bool/frame number/true,

  bool/no clear page/true

}

newboxchd@boxa

newcommandepigraf[2]{%

  setkeys[CHD]{epigraf}{#1}%

  setboxchd@boxa=vbox{%

    ifepg@framefbox{fi

    parboxepg@width{%

      fontsize{epg@fontsize}{1.5epg@fontsize}%

      usefont{epg@fontencoding}{epg@fontfamily}%

        {epg@fontseries}{epg@fontshape}%

      ignorespaces

      textcolor{epg@color}{#2}%

      hspace*{fill}nolinebreak[1]%

      quadhspace*{fill}finalhyphendemeritsz@ptrelax

      begingroup

        ifboolTF{epg@use italics for author}{itshape}{}%

        textcolor{epg@authorcolor}{epg@author}%

      endgroup

    }%

    ifepg@frame}fi

  }%

  globalletchd@printepigrafchd@bprintepigraf

  @ignoretrue

}



AtBeginDocument{%

  @ifundefined{@mainmattertrue}{newifif@mainmatter@mainmattertrue}{}%

}

new@def*chd@insertchaptertext#1{%

  begingroup

  ifboolTF{chd@make text raggedleft}{%

    raggedleft

  }{%

    hskipchd@texthskiprelax

  }%

  advanceleftmargin10em

  interlinepenalty@M

  vskipchd@textprevskiprelax

  fontsize{chd@textfontsize}{1.2chd@textfontsize}%

  usefont{chd@textfontencoding}{chd@textfontfamily}%

    {chd@textfontseries}{chd@textfontshape}%

  textcolor{chd@textcolor}{ignorespaces#1}%

  parnobreak

  vskipchd@textpostvskiprelax

  endgroup

}

new@def*chd@insertchapternumber{%

  begingroup

  ifnumc@secnumdepth>m@ne

    if@mainmatter

      vskipchd@numberprevskiprelax

      fontsize{chd@numberfontsize}{1.2chd@numberfontsize}%

      usefont{chd@numberfontencoding}{chd@numberfontfamily}%

        {chd@numberfontseries}{chd@numberfontshape}%

      usecsn{ifchd@frame number}fbox{fi

      textcolor{chd@numbercolor}{thechapter}%

      usecsn{ifchd@frame number}}fi

      parnobreak

      vskipchd@numberpostvskiprelax

    fi

  fi

  endgroup

}

renewcommandchapter[1]{%

  setkeys[CHD]{chapterhead}{#1}%

  ifboolTF{chd@no clear page}{}{%

    if@openrightcleardoublepageelseclearpagefi

  }%

  thispagestyle{chd@pagestyle}%

  global@topnumz@

  ifdefTFchd@printepigrafchd@printepigrafrelax

  @afterindentfalse

  secdef@chapter@schapter

}

renewcommand{@makechapterhead}[1]{%

  begingroup

    begingroup

      leavevmode

      ifboolTF{chd@make number raggedleft}{%

        raggedleft

      }{%

        hskipchd@numberhskiprelax

      }%

      ifboolTF{chd@print number before text}{%

        chd@insertchapternumberchd@insertchaptertext{#1}%

      }{%

        chd@insertchaptertext{#1}chd@insertchapternumber

      }%

    endgroup

    nobreak

  endgroup

}

renewcommand{@makeschapterhead}[1]{%

  begingroup

  letc@secnumdepthm@ne@makechapterhead{#1}%

  endgroup

}

newcommand*chd@bprintepigraf{%

  vskipepg@prevskip

  hskipepg@hskiprelax

  copychd@boxa

  vskipepg@postvskip

  globalletchd@printepigrafrelax

}

endinput

end{filecontents}



documentclass{book}

usepackage{chapterhead}

usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}



begin{document}

epigraf[

  author={Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}},

  color=blue,

  width=.75hsize,

  use italics for author=false,

  fontsize=8pt,

  fontfamily=cmr,

  hskip=10em,

  postvskip=2ex,

  frame,

]{

  ``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you

  come to an end; then stop.''

}



chapter[

  numberpostvskip=.2ex,

  numberfontseries=ux,

  numberfontfamily=cmbr,

  textfontseries=ex,

  textfontsize=50pt,

  textfontfamily=cmbr,

  textfontshape=it,% not obtainable because of other choices above

  textcolor=red,

  make text raggedleft=false,

  make number raggedleft=false,

  print number before text,

  no clear page

]{Graph Theory}



noindent The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. 

In the 1700s seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar 

to what you see in Figure ldots



parvskip3baselineskip

hrule height.5pt depth .4pt relax



epigraf[

  author={Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}},

  color=black,

  width=.75hsize,

  use italics for author,

  fontsize=8pt,

  fontfamily=cmr,

  hskip=-3em,

  prevskip=2ex,

  postvskip=2ex,

]{

  ``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you

  come to an end; then stop.''

}



chapter[

  numberpostvskip=.2ex,

  numberfontseries=ux,

  numberfontfamily=cmbr,

  textfontseries=ex,

  textfontsize=50pt,

  textfontfamily=cmss,

  textfontshape=it,

  textcolor=Brown,

  numbercolor=ForestGreen,

  make text raggedleft,

  make number raggedleft,

  frame number,

  no clear page

]{Graph Theory}



noindent The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. 

In the 1700s seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar 

to what you see in Figure ldots

end{document}


enter image description here






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    edit: on second look, my answer is highly similar to wondering's answer



    I wanted to do something similar, and came up with a simple and (imo) clean way of reproducing the style of the OP;



    documentclass{book}
    

    
begin{document}
    

    
chapter{Inspirational Quote}
    

    
begin{flushright}
    
rightskip=1.8cmtextit{``Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es.''} \
    
vspace{.2em}
    
rightskip=.8cm---Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
    
end{flushright}
    
vspace{1em}
    

    
noindent
    
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
    

    
end{document}


    (the additional rightskips + vspaces are just for prettiness sake).



    Which results in:



    this






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    • Unless you changed book.cls your code does not produce the outcome your picture shows.
      – clemens
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    There is a package called "dirtytalk". Here is the code snippet:



    chapter{Graph Theory}
    
say{textit{Beginning at the beginning,}} textit{the King said gravely,}
    
say{textit{and go on till you come to the end; then stop.}} --- textit{Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland}


    enter image description here






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      I think it is the package epigraph and is included in both TeX Live and MiKTeX distributions.



      documentclass{book}
      
usepackage{epigraph}
      
begin{document}
      
chapter{First Chapter}
      
epigraph{I recall seeing a package to make quotes}{Snowball}
      
end{document}


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        I had to laugh out loud when I read the quote. Thanks for that. ;-)
        – mre
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        Is there a way to change the width of the line?
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        Apr 16 '16 at 11:33






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        @Caterpillar Put setlength{epigraphwidth}{3in} before the use of the epigraph command. Select a length appropriate to your needs. Reference: pg3 from texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/epigraph/epigraph.pdf
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      I think it is the package epigraph and is included in both TeX Live and MiKTeX distributions.



      documentclass{book}
      
usepackage{epigraph}
      
begin{document}
      
chapter{First Chapter}
      
epigraph{I recall seeing a package to make quotes}{Snowball}
      
end{document}


      enter image description here






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        I had to laugh out loud when I read the quote. Thanks for that. ;-)
        – mre
        Aug 28 '13 at 22:53






      • 3




        Is there a way to change the width of the line?
        – Germano Massullo
        Apr 16 '16 at 11:33






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        @Caterpillar Put setlength{epigraphwidth}{3in} before the use of the epigraph command. Select a length appropriate to your needs. Reference: pg3 from texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/epigraph/epigraph.pdf
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      I think it is the package epigraph and is included in both TeX Live and MiKTeX distributions.



      documentclass{book}
      
usepackage{epigraph}
      
begin{document}
      
chapter{First Chapter}
      
epigraph{I recall seeing a package to make quotes}{Snowball}
      
end{document}


      enter image description here






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      I think it is the package epigraph and is included in both TeX Live and MiKTeX distributions.



      documentclass{book}
      
usepackage{epigraph}
      
begin{document}
      
chapter{First Chapter}
      
epigraph{I recall seeing a package to make quotes}{Snowball}
      
end{document}


      enter image description here







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        I had to laugh out loud when I read the quote. Thanks for that. ;-)
        – mre
        Aug 28 '13 at 22:53






      • 3




        Is there a way to change the width of the line?
        – Germano Massullo
        Apr 16 '16 at 11:33






      • 3




        @Caterpillar Put setlength{epigraphwidth}{3in} before the use of the epigraph command. Select a length appropriate to your needs. Reference: pg3 from texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/epigraph/epigraph.pdf
        – R. Schumacher
        Apr 16 '16 at 18:39














      • 29




        I had to laugh out loud when I read the quote. Thanks for that. ;-)
        – mre
        Aug 28 '13 at 22:53






      • 3




        Is there a way to change the width of the line?
        – Germano Massullo
        Apr 16 '16 at 11:33






      • 3




        @Caterpillar Put setlength{epigraphwidth}{3in} before the use of the epigraph command. Select a length appropriate to your needs. Reference: pg3 from texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/epigraph/epigraph.pdf
        – R. Schumacher
        Apr 16 '16 at 18:39








      29




      29




      I had to laugh out loud when I read the quote. Thanks for that. ;-)
      – mre
      Aug 28 '13 at 22:53




      I had to laugh out loud when I read the quote. Thanks for that. ;-)
      – mre
      Aug 28 '13 at 22:53




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      3




      Is there a way to change the width of the line?
      – Germano Massullo
      Apr 16 '16 at 11:33




      Is there a way to change the width of the line?
      – Germano Massullo
      Apr 16 '16 at 11:33




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      @Caterpillar Put setlength{epigraphwidth}{3in} before the use of the epigraph command. Select a length appropriate to your needs. Reference: pg3 from texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/epigraph/epigraph.pdf
      – R. Schumacher
      Apr 16 '16 at 18:39




      @Caterpillar Put setlength{epigraphwidth}{3in} before the use of the epigraph command. Select a length appropriate to your needs. Reference: pg3 from texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/epigraph/epigraph.pdf
      – R. Schumacher
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      The memoir document class offers "out of the box" commands chapterprecis, chapterprecishere, and chapterprecistoc:



      documentclass{memoir}
      

      
begin{document}
      

      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      
chapterprecishere{``Begin at the beginning,¨ the King said gravely, ``and
      
go on till you come to the end: then stop."parraggedleft--- textup{Lewis
      
Carroll}, Alice in Wonderland}
      

      
end{document}


      enter image description here



      As Brent.Longborough mentions in his comment, memoir also offers an epigraph command and an epigraph environment:



      documentclass{memoir}
      

      
epigraphfontsize{smallitshape}
      
setlengthepigraphwidth{8cm}
      
setlengthepigraphrule{0pt}
      

      
begin{document}
      

      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      

      
epigraphfontsize{smallitshape}
      
epigraph{``Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, ``and go on till you
      
come to the end: then stop."}{--- textup{Lewis Carroll}, Alice in Wonderland}
      

      

      
end{document}


      enter image description here






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        memoir also offers the epigraph command, as well as the epigraphs environment. Putting on my semantic pedant's hat, this case (and the OP's intent) is, I think, strictly an epigraph; a chapter précis is meant to be an additional information key, rather than amusement.
        – Brent.Longborough
        Apr 26 '12 at 10:42






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        @Brent.Longborough: I've added an example to my answer using epigraph; thank you.
        – Gonzalo Medina
        Apr 26 '12 at 12:04






      • 2




        @cfr OH, now my brain hurts; 'Venn diagram needed'.
        – Brent.Longborough
        Apr 14 '14 at 4:07






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        @Brent.Longborough Not possible in a comment ;).
        – cfr
        Apr 14 '14 at 9:54






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        For future readers: a noteworthy difference between epigraph and chapterprecis is that by default the latter appears in the table of contents as well as in the chapter. This may or may not be what you want.
        – Brighid McDonnell
        Nov 8 '16 at 3:13
















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      The memoir document class offers "out of the box" commands chapterprecis, chapterprecishere, and chapterprecistoc:



      documentclass{memoir}
      

      
begin{document}
      

      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      
chapterprecishere{``Begin at the beginning,¨ the King said gravely, ``and
      
go on till you come to the end: then stop."parraggedleft--- textup{Lewis
      
Carroll}, Alice in Wonderland}
      

      
end{document}


      enter image description here



      As Brent.Longborough mentions in his comment, memoir also offers an epigraph command and an epigraph environment:



      documentclass{memoir}
      

      
epigraphfontsize{smallitshape}
      
setlengthepigraphwidth{8cm}
      
setlengthepigraphrule{0pt}
      

      
begin{document}
      

      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      

      
epigraphfontsize{smallitshape}
      
epigraph{``Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, ``and go on till you
      
come to the end: then stop."}{--- textup{Lewis Carroll}, Alice in Wonderland}
      

      

      
end{document}


      enter image description here






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        memoir also offers the epigraph command, as well as the epigraphs environment. Putting on my semantic pedant's hat, this case (and the OP's intent) is, I think, strictly an epigraph; a chapter précis is meant to be an additional information key, rather than amusement.
        – Brent.Longborough
        Apr 26 '12 at 10:42






      • 2




        @Brent.Longborough: I've added an example to my answer using epigraph; thank you.
        – Gonzalo Medina
        Apr 26 '12 at 12:04






      • 2




        @cfr OH, now my brain hurts; 'Venn diagram needed'.
        – Brent.Longborough
        Apr 14 '14 at 4:07






      • 1




        @Brent.Longborough Not possible in a comment ;).
        – cfr
        Apr 14 '14 at 9:54






      • 1




        For future readers: a noteworthy difference between epigraph and chapterprecis is that by default the latter appears in the table of contents as well as in the chapter. This may or may not be what you want.
        – Brighid McDonnell
        Nov 8 '16 at 3:13














      103












      103








      103






      The memoir document class offers "out of the box" commands chapterprecis, chapterprecishere, and chapterprecistoc:



      documentclass{memoir}
      

      
begin{document}
      

      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      
chapterprecishere{``Begin at the beginning,¨ the King said gravely, ``and
      
go on till you come to the end: then stop."parraggedleft--- textup{Lewis
      
Carroll}, Alice in Wonderland}
      

      
end{document}


      enter image description here



      As Brent.Longborough mentions in his comment, memoir also offers an epigraph command and an epigraph environment:



      documentclass{memoir}
      

      
epigraphfontsize{smallitshape}
      
setlengthepigraphwidth{8cm}
      
setlengthepigraphrule{0pt}
      

      
begin{document}
      

      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      

      
epigraphfontsize{smallitshape}
      
epigraph{``Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, ``and go on till you
      
come to the end: then stop."}{--- textup{Lewis Carroll}, Alice in Wonderland}
      

      

      
end{document}


      enter image description here






      share|improve this answer














      The memoir document class offers "out of the box" commands chapterprecis, chapterprecishere, and chapterprecistoc:



      documentclass{memoir}
      

      
begin{document}
      

      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      
chapterprecishere{``Begin at the beginning,¨ the King said gravely, ``and
      
go on till you come to the end: then stop."parraggedleft--- textup{Lewis
      
Carroll}, Alice in Wonderland}
      

      
end{document}


      enter image description here



      As Brent.Longborough mentions in his comment, memoir also offers an epigraph command and an epigraph environment:



      documentclass{memoir}
      

      
epigraphfontsize{smallitshape}
      
setlengthepigraphwidth{8cm}
      
setlengthepigraphrule{0pt}
      

      
begin{document}
      

      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      

      
epigraphfontsize{smallitshape}
      
epigraph{``Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, ``and go on till you
      
come to the end: then stop."}{--- textup{Lewis Carroll}, Alice in Wonderland}
      

      

      
end{document}


      enter image description here







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        memoir also offers the epigraph command, as well as the epigraphs environment. Putting on my semantic pedant's hat, this case (and the OP's intent) is, I think, strictly an epigraph; a chapter précis is meant to be an additional information key, rather than amusement.
        – Brent.Longborough
        Apr 26 '12 at 10:42






      • 2




        @Brent.Longborough: I've added an example to my answer using epigraph; thank you.
        – Gonzalo Medina
        Apr 26 '12 at 12:04






      • 2




        @cfr OH, now my brain hurts; 'Venn diagram needed'.
        – Brent.Longborough
        Apr 14 '14 at 4:07






      • 1




        @Brent.Longborough Not possible in a comment ;).
        – cfr
        Apr 14 '14 at 9:54






      • 1




        For future readers: a noteworthy difference between epigraph and chapterprecis is that by default the latter appears in the table of contents as well as in the chapter. This may or may not be what you want.
        – Brighid McDonnell
        Nov 8 '16 at 3:13














      • 10




        memoir also offers the epigraph command, as well as the epigraphs environment. Putting on my semantic pedant's hat, this case (and the OP's intent) is, I think, strictly an epigraph; a chapter précis is meant to be an additional information key, rather than amusement.
        – Brent.Longborough
        Apr 26 '12 at 10:42






      • 2




        @Brent.Longborough: I've added an example to my answer using epigraph; thank you.
        – Gonzalo Medina
        Apr 26 '12 at 12:04






      • 2




        @cfr OH, now my brain hurts; 'Venn diagram needed'.
        – Brent.Longborough
        Apr 14 '14 at 4:07






      • 1




        @Brent.Longborough Not possible in a comment ;).
        – cfr
        Apr 14 '14 at 9:54






      • 1




        For future readers: a noteworthy difference between epigraph and chapterprecis is that by default the latter appears in the table of contents as well as in the chapter. This may or may not be what you want.
        – Brighid McDonnell
        Nov 8 '16 at 3:13








      10




      10




      memoir also offers the epigraph command, as well as the epigraphs environment. Putting on my semantic pedant's hat, this case (and the OP's intent) is, I think, strictly an epigraph; a chapter précis is meant to be an additional information key, rather than amusement.
      – Brent.Longborough
      Apr 26 '12 at 10:42




      memoir also offers the epigraph command, as well as the epigraphs environment. Putting on my semantic pedant's hat, this case (and the OP's intent) is, I think, strictly an epigraph; a chapter précis is meant to be an additional information key, rather than amusement.
      – Brent.Longborough
      Apr 26 '12 at 10:42




      2




      2




      @Brent.Longborough: I've added an example to my answer using epigraph; thank you.
      – Gonzalo Medina
      Apr 26 '12 at 12:04




      @Brent.Longborough: I've added an example to my answer using epigraph; thank you.
      – Gonzalo Medina
      Apr 26 '12 at 12:04




      2




      2




      @cfr OH, now my brain hurts; 'Venn diagram needed'.
      – Brent.Longborough
      Apr 14 '14 at 4:07




      @cfr OH, now my brain hurts; 'Venn diagram needed'.
      – Brent.Longborough
      Apr 14 '14 at 4:07




      1




      1




      @Brent.Longborough Not possible in a comment ;).
      – cfr
      Apr 14 '14 at 9:54




      @Brent.Longborough Not possible in a comment ;).
      – cfr
      Apr 14 '14 at 9:54




      1




      1




      For future readers: a noteworthy difference between epigraph and chapterprecis is that by default the latter appears in the table of contents as well as in the chapter. This may or may not be what you want.
      – Brighid McDonnell
      Nov 8 '16 at 3:13




      For future readers: a noteworthy difference between epigraph and chapterprecis is that by default the latter appears in the table of contents as well as in the chapter. This may or may not be what you want.
      – Brighid McDonnell
      Nov 8 '16 at 3:13











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      You can also do it yourself:



      enter image description here



      documentclass{book}
      

      
makeatletter
      
renewcommand{@chapapp}{}% Not necessary...
      
newenvironment{chapquote}[2][2em]
      
  {setlength{@tempdima}{#1}%
      
   defchapquote@author{#2}%
      
   parshape 1 @tempdima dimexprtextwidth-2@tempdimarelax%
      
   itshape}
      
  {parnormalfonthfill-- chapquote@authorhspace*{@tempdima}parbigskip}
      
makeatother
      

      
begin{document}
      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      

      
begin{chapquote}{Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}}
      
``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
      
come to an end; then stop.''
      
end{chapquote}
      

      
noindent The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. In the 1700s
      
seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar to what you see
      
in Figure ldots
      
end{document}


      The above MWE provides the chapquote environment that takes one argument - the author of the quote. It indents the quote by 2em (default), but that can also be changed via an optional argument:



      begin{chapquote}[30pt]{author}
      
  %... your quote
      
end{chapquote}


      The default setting is in itshape, with a right-aligned "author".






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        What happens if the epigraph is made of one or more paragraphs? Also for very short quotes the author/source is normally set as one line.
        – Yiannis Lazarides
        Apr 26 '12 at 5:26










      • @YiannisLazarides: True, multiple paragraphs would cause problems when working with parshape. In those instances, the adjustwidth environment (from changepage) would be more appropriate. Regarding the alignment: All things are subject to change, based on the OP's requirement. For example, one could box the content to check for line length and issue par conditionally. Regardless, this provides one means to do it.
        – Werner
        Apr 26 '12 at 5:38
















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      You can also do it yourself:



      enter image description here



      documentclass{book}
      

      
makeatletter
      
renewcommand{@chapapp}{}% Not necessary...
      
newenvironment{chapquote}[2][2em]
      
  {setlength{@tempdima}{#1}%
      
   defchapquote@author{#2}%
      
   parshape 1 @tempdima dimexprtextwidth-2@tempdimarelax%
      
   itshape}
      
  {parnormalfonthfill-- chapquote@authorhspace*{@tempdima}parbigskip}
      
makeatother
      

      
begin{document}
      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      

      
begin{chapquote}{Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}}
      
``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
      
come to an end; then stop.''
      
end{chapquote}
      

      
noindent The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. In the 1700s
      
seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar to what you see
      
in Figure ldots
      
end{document}


      The above MWE provides the chapquote environment that takes one argument - the author of the quote. It indents the quote by 2em (default), but that can also be changed via an optional argument:



      begin{chapquote}[30pt]{author}
      
  %... your quote
      
end{chapquote}


      The default setting is in itshape, with a right-aligned "author".






      share|improve this answer

















      • 2




        What happens if the epigraph is made of one or more paragraphs? Also for very short quotes the author/source is normally set as one line.
        – Yiannis Lazarides
        Apr 26 '12 at 5:26










      • @YiannisLazarides: True, multiple paragraphs would cause problems when working with parshape. In those instances, the adjustwidth environment (from changepage) would be more appropriate. Regarding the alignment: All things are subject to change, based on the OP's requirement. For example, one could box the content to check for line length and issue par conditionally. Regardless, this provides one means to do it.
        – Werner
        Apr 26 '12 at 5:38














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      61








      61






      You can also do it yourself:



      enter image description here



      documentclass{book}
      

      
makeatletter
      
renewcommand{@chapapp}{}% Not necessary...
      
newenvironment{chapquote}[2][2em]
      
  {setlength{@tempdima}{#1}%
      
   defchapquote@author{#2}%
      
   parshape 1 @tempdima dimexprtextwidth-2@tempdimarelax%
      
   itshape}
      
  {parnormalfonthfill-- chapquote@authorhspace*{@tempdima}parbigskip}
      
makeatother
      

      
begin{document}
      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      

      
begin{chapquote}{Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}}
      
``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
      
come to an end; then stop.''
      
end{chapquote}
      

      
noindent The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. In the 1700s
      
seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar to what you see
      
in Figure ldots
      
end{document}


      The above MWE provides the chapquote environment that takes one argument - the author of the quote. It indents the quote by 2em (default), but that can also be changed via an optional argument:



      begin{chapquote}[30pt]{author}
      
  %... your quote
      
end{chapquote}


      The default setting is in itshape, with a right-aligned "author".






      share|improve this answer












      You can also do it yourself:



      enter image description here



      documentclass{book}
      

      
makeatletter
      
renewcommand{@chapapp}{}% Not necessary...
      
newenvironment{chapquote}[2][2em]
      
  {setlength{@tempdima}{#1}%
      
   defchapquote@author{#2}%
      
   parshape 1 @tempdima dimexprtextwidth-2@tempdimarelax%
      
   itshape}
      
  {parnormalfonthfill-- chapquote@authorhspace*{@tempdima}parbigskip}
      
makeatother
      

      
begin{document}
      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      

      
begin{chapquote}{Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}}
      
``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
      
come to an end; then stop.''
      
end{chapquote}
      

      
noindent The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. In the 1700s
      
seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar to what you see
      
in Figure ldots
      
end{document}


      The above MWE provides the chapquote environment that takes one argument - the author of the quote. It indents the quote by 2em (default), but that can also be changed via an optional argument:



      begin{chapquote}[30pt]{author}
      
  %... your quote
      
end{chapquote}


      The default setting is in itshape, with a right-aligned "author".







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      answered Apr 26 '12 at 3:45









      Werner

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      • 2




        What happens if the epigraph is made of one or more paragraphs? Also for very short quotes the author/source is normally set as one line.
        – Yiannis Lazarides
        Apr 26 '12 at 5:26










      • @YiannisLazarides: True, multiple paragraphs would cause problems when working with parshape. In those instances, the adjustwidth environment (from changepage) would be more appropriate. Regarding the alignment: All things are subject to change, based on the OP's requirement. For example, one could box the content to check for line length and issue par conditionally. Regardless, this provides one means to do it.
        – Werner
        Apr 26 '12 at 5:38














      • 2




        What happens if the epigraph is made of one or more paragraphs? Also for very short quotes the author/source is normally set as one line.
        – Yiannis Lazarides
        Apr 26 '12 at 5:26










      • @YiannisLazarides: True, multiple paragraphs would cause problems when working with parshape. In those instances, the adjustwidth environment (from changepage) would be more appropriate. Regarding the alignment: All things are subject to change, based on the OP's requirement. For example, one could box the content to check for line length and issue par conditionally. Regardless, this provides one means to do it.
        – Werner
        Apr 26 '12 at 5:38








      2




      2




      What happens if the epigraph is made of one or more paragraphs? Also for very short quotes the author/source is normally set as one line.
      – Yiannis Lazarides
      Apr 26 '12 at 5:26




      What happens if the epigraph is made of one or more paragraphs? Also for very short quotes the author/source is normally set as one line.
      – Yiannis Lazarides
      Apr 26 '12 at 5:26












      @YiannisLazarides: True, multiple paragraphs would cause problems when working with parshape. In those instances, the adjustwidth environment (from changepage) would be more appropriate. Regarding the alignment: All things are subject to change, based on the OP's requirement. For example, one could box the content to check for line length and issue par conditionally. Regardless, this provides one means to do it.
      – Werner
      Apr 26 '12 at 5:38




      @YiannisLazarides: True, multiple paragraphs would cause problems when working with parshape. In those instances, the adjustwidth environment (from changepage) would be more appropriate. Regarding the alignment: All things are subject to change, based on the OP's requirement. For example, one could box the content to check for line length and issue par conditionally. Regardless, this provides one means to do it.
      – Werner
      Apr 26 '12 at 5:38











      53














      Since it hasn't been mentioned before: KOMA-Script also has built-in possibilities for this. There are two main commands of interest here. First



      setchapterpreamble[<position>][<width>]{<preamble>}


      where position is determined by one or two letters, o (above the chapter) or u (below the chapter) and l,c or r (left-aligned, centered or right-aligned). It allows to put arbitrary stuff before or after the next chapter title without shifting the chapter title itself.



      The second command is



      dictum[<author>]{<quote>}


      which sets the quote and can be used anywhere in the document.



      The default settings look like this:



      documentclass{scrbook}
      
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
      

      
begin{document}
      

      
setchapterpreamble{%
      
dictum[Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}]{%
      
``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
      
come to an end; then stop.''}}
      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      
The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. In the 1700s
      
seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar to what you see
      
in Figure ldots
      

      
end{document}


      default settings



      They can be customized by a series of options and commands to obtain a similar output like in the picture of the question:



      documentclass{scrbook}
      
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
      

      
% customize chapter format:
      
KOMAoption{headings}{twolinechapter}
      
renewcommand*chapterformat{thechapterautodot}
      

      
% customize dictum format:
      
setkomafont{dictumtext}{itshapesmall}
      
setkomafont{dictumauthor}{normalfont}
      
renewcommand*dictumwidth{linewidth}
      
renewcommand*dictumauthorformat[1]{--- #1}
      
renewcommand*dictumrule{}
      
begin{document}
      

      
setchapterpreamble[uc][.75textwidth]{%
      
dictum[Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}]{%
      
``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
      
come to an end; then stop.''}vskip1em}
      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      
The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. In the 1700s
      
seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar to what you see
      
in Figure ldots
      

      
end{document}


      customized settings






      share|improve this answer























      • I updated your code to renewcommand*dictumauthorformat[1]{--- #1par} and can now skip vskip1em. Thanks!
        – Dirk
        Aug 3 '18 at 15:59
















      53














      Since it hasn't been mentioned before: KOMA-Script also has built-in possibilities for this. There are two main commands of interest here. First



      setchapterpreamble[<position>][<width>]{<preamble>}


      where position is determined by one or two letters, o (above the chapter) or u (below the chapter) and l,c or r (left-aligned, centered or right-aligned). It allows to put arbitrary stuff before or after the next chapter title without shifting the chapter title itself.



      The second command is



      dictum[<author>]{<quote>}


      which sets the quote and can be used anywhere in the document.



      The default settings look like this:



      documentclass{scrbook}
      
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
      

      
begin{document}
      

      
setchapterpreamble{%
      
dictum[Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}]{%
      
``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
      
come to an end; then stop.''}}
      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      
The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. In the 1700s
      
seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar to what you see
      
in Figure ldots
      

      
end{document}


      default settings



      They can be customized by a series of options and commands to obtain a similar output like in the picture of the question:



      documentclass{scrbook}
      
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
      

      
% customize chapter format:
      
KOMAoption{headings}{twolinechapter}
      
renewcommand*chapterformat{thechapterautodot}
      

      
% customize dictum format:
      
setkomafont{dictumtext}{itshapesmall}
      
setkomafont{dictumauthor}{normalfont}
      
renewcommand*dictumwidth{linewidth}
      
renewcommand*dictumauthorformat[1]{--- #1}
      
renewcommand*dictumrule{}
      
begin{document}
      

      
setchapterpreamble[uc][.75textwidth]{%
      
dictum[Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}]{%
      
``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
      
come to an end; then stop.''}vskip1em}
      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      
The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. In the 1700s
      
seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar to what you see
      
in Figure ldots
      

      
end{document}


      customized settings






      share|improve this answer























      • I updated your code to renewcommand*dictumauthorformat[1]{--- #1par} and can now skip vskip1em. Thanks!
        – Dirk
        Aug 3 '18 at 15:59














      53












      53








      53






      Since it hasn't been mentioned before: KOMA-Script also has built-in possibilities for this. There are two main commands of interest here. First



      setchapterpreamble[<position>][<width>]{<preamble>}


      where position is determined by one or two letters, o (above the chapter) or u (below the chapter) and l,c or r (left-aligned, centered or right-aligned). It allows to put arbitrary stuff before or after the next chapter title without shifting the chapter title itself.



      The second command is



      dictum[<author>]{<quote>}


      which sets the quote and can be used anywhere in the document.



      The default settings look like this:



      documentclass{scrbook}
      
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
      

      
begin{document}
      

      
setchapterpreamble{%
      
dictum[Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}]{%
      
``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
      
come to an end; then stop.''}}
      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      
The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. In the 1700s
      
seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar to what you see
      
in Figure ldots
      

      
end{document}


      default settings



      They can be customized by a series of options and commands to obtain a similar output like in the picture of the question:



      documentclass{scrbook}
      
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
      

      
% customize chapter format:
      
KOMAoption{headings}{twolinechapter}
      
renewcommand*chapterformat{thechapterautodot}
      

      
% customize dictum format:
      
setkomafont{dictumtext}{itshapesmall}
      
setkomafont{dictumauthor}{normalfont}
      
renewcommand*dictumwidth{linewidth}
      
renewcommand*dictumauthorformat[1]{--- #1}
      
renewcommand*dictumrule{}
      
begin{document}
      

      
setchapterpreamble[uc][.75textwidth]{%
      
dictum[Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}]{%
      
``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
      
come to an end; then stop.''}vskip1em}
      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      
The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. In the 1700s
      
seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar to what you see
      
in Figure ldots
      

      
end{document}


      customized settings






      share|improve this answer














      Since it hasn't been mentioned before: KOMA-Script also has built-in possibilities for this. There are two main commands of interest here. First



      setchapterpreamble[<position>][<width>]{<preamble>}


      where position is determined by one or two letters, o (above the chapter) or u (below the chapter) and l,c or r (left-aligned, centered or right-aligned). It allows to put arbitrary stuff before or after the next chapter title without shifting the chapter title itself.



      The second command is



      dictum[<author>]{<quote>}


      which sets the quote and can be used anywhere in the document.



      The default settings look like this:



      documentclass{scrbook}
      
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
      

      
begin{document}
      

      
setchapterpreamble{%
      
dictum[Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}]{%
      
``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
      
come to an end; then stop.''}}
      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      
The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. In the 1700s
      
seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar to what you see
      
in Figure ldots
      

      
end{document}


      default settings



      They can be customized by a series of options and commands to obtain a similar output like in the picture of the question:



      documentclass{scrbook}
      
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
      

      
% customize chapter format:
      
KOMAoption{headings}{twolinechapter}
      
renewcommand*chapterformat{thechapterautodot}
      

      
% customize dictum format:
      
setkomafont{dictumtext}{itshapesmall}
      
setkomafont{dictumauthor}{normalfont}
      
renewcommand*dictumwidth{linewidth}
      
renewcommand*dictumauthorformat[1]{--- #1}
      
renewcommand*dictumrule{}
      
begin{document}
      

      
setchapterpreamble[uc][.75textwidth]{%
      
dictum[Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}]{%
      
``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
      
come to an end; then stop.''}vskip1em}
      
chapter{Graph Theory}
      
The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. In the 1700s
      
seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar to what you see
      
in Figure ldots
      

      
end{document}


      customized settings







      share|improve this answer














      share|improve this answer



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      edited Apr 26 '12 at 21:58

























      answered Apr 26 '12 at 15:17









      clemens

      51.1k5129277




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      • I updated your code to renewcommand*dictumauthorformat[1]{--- #1par} and can now skip vskip1em. Thanks!
        – Dirk
        Aug 3 '18 at 15:59


















      • I updated your code to renewcommand*dictumauthorformat[1]{--- #1par} and can now skip vskip1em. Thanks!
        – Dirk
        Aug 3 '18 at 15:59
















      I updated your code to renewcommand*dictumauthorformat[1]{--- #1par} and can now skip vskip1em. Thanks!
      – Dirk
      Aug 3 '18 at 15:59




      I updated your code to renewcommand*dictumauthorformat[1]{--- #1par} and can now skip vskip1em. Thanks!
      – Dirk
      Aug 3 '18 at 15:59











      30














      For the sake of completeness, I provide the following. It might be your alternate.



      enter image description here



      documentclass{book}
      
usepackage{quotchap}
      

      
begin{document}
      

      
begin{savequote}[0.55linewidth]
      
``Don't give up on your dreams, keep on sleeping.''
      
qauthor{Higgs Boson (2012 -- present)}
      

      
``Stick together team and hold this position!''
      
qauthor{Counter Terrorist (1999 -- present)}
      
end{savequote}
      

      
chapter{Introduction}
      

      
end{document}


      More inspirational quotes



      ``If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero, read TeX Book!''
      
qauthor{Bug Buster (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``Motivation isn't enough. If you've an idiot and you motivate him, now you've a motivated idiot.''
      
qauthor{Stiff Jokes (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``Learning (La)TeX, PSTricks, and PGF/TikZ is similar to learning how to swim or drive a car. You don’t get the full benefit by watching someone else do it. Your own fingers must get involved.''
      
qauthor{Donut E. Knot (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``Don't be lukewarm! If you cannot be the best, be the worst!''
      
qauthor{Code Mocker (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``Beauty without intelligence is a masterpiece painted on a toilet paper.''
      
qauthor{The Last Error (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``For every problem, there is always a solution that is simple, neat, but wrong.''
      
qauthor{Weirdstress Function (2014 -- present)}





      share|improve this answer



















      • 6




        +1: These quotes are truly inspirational. "Terrorits win!"
        – Henri Menke
        Mar 18 '14 at 21:07








      • 1




        @HenriMenke: There is a typo. It should be "Terrorists win!".
        – kiss my armpit
        Apr 13 '14 at 14:56










      • Could you tell my how you made the chapter look like this?
        – Jon Snow
        Oct 22 '17 at 7:04
















      30














      For the sake of completeness, I provide the following. It might be your alternate.



      enter image description here



      documentclass{book}
      
usepackage{quotchap}
      

      
begin{document}
      

      
begin{savequote}[0.55linewidth]
      
``Don't give up on your dreams, keep on sleeping.''
      
qauthor{Higgs Boson (2012 -- present)}
      

      
``Stick together team and hold this position!''
      
qauthor{Counter Terrorist (1999 -- present)}
      
end{savequote}
      

      
chapter{Introduction}
      

      
end{document}


      More inspirational quotes



      ``If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero, read TeX Book!''
      
qauthor{Bug Buster (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``Motivation isn't enough. If you've an idiot and you motivate him, now you've a motivated idiot.''
      
qauthor{Stiff Jokes (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``Learning (La)TeX, PSTricks, and PGF/TikZ is similar to learning how to swim or drive a car. You don’t get the full benefit by watching someone else do it. Your own fingers must get involved.''
      
qauthor{Donut E. Knot (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``Don't be lukewarm! If you cannot be the best, be the worst!''
      
qauthor{Code Mocker (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``Beauty without intelligence is a masterpiece painted on a toilet paper.''
      
qauthor{The Last Error (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``For every problem, there is always a solution that is simple, neat, but wrong.''
      
qauthor{Weirdstress Function (2014 -- present)}





      share|improve this answer



















      • 6




        +1: These quotes are truly inspirational. "Terrorits win!"
        – Henri Menke
        Mar 18 '14 at 21:07








      • 1




        @HenriMenke: There is a typo. It should be "Terrorists win!".
        – kiss my armpit
        Apr 13 '14 at 14:56










      • Could you tell my how you made the chapter look like this?
        – Jon Snow
        Oct 22 '17 at 7:04














      30












      30








      30






      For the sake of completeness, I provide the following. It might be your alternate.



      enter image description here



      documentclass{book}
      
usepackage{quotchap}
      

      
begin{document}
      

      
begin{savequote}[0.55linewidth]
      
``Don't give up on your dreams, keep on sleeping.''
      
qauthor{Higgs Boson (2012 -- present)}
      

      
``Stick together team and hold this position!''
      
qauthor{Counter Terrorist (1999 -- present)}
      
end{savequote}
      

      
chapter{Introduction}
      

      
end{document}


      More inspirational quotes



      ``If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero, read TeX Book!''
      
qauthor{Bug Buster (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``Motivation isn't enough. If you've an idiot and you motivate him, now you've a motivated idiot.''
      
qauthor{Stiff Jokes (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``Learning (La)TeX, PSTricks, and PGF/TikZ is similar to learning how to swim or drive a car. You don’t get the full benefit by watching someone else do it. Your own fingers must get involved.''
      
qauthor{Donut E. Knot (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``Don't be lukewarm! If you cannot be the best, be the worst!''
      
qauthor{Code Mocker (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``Beauty without intelligence is a masterpiece painted on a toilet paper.''
      
qauthor{The Last Error (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``For every problem, there is always a solution that is simple, neat, but wrong.''
      
qauthor{Weirdstress Function (2014 -- present)}





      share|improve this answer














      For the sake of completeness, I provide the following. It might be your alternate.



      enter image description here



      documentclass{book}
      
usepackage{quotchap}
      

      
begin{document}
      

      
begin{savequote}[0.55linewidth]
      
``Don't give up on your dreams, keep on sleeping.''
      
qauthor{Higgs Boson (2012 -- present)}
      

      
``Stick together team and hold this position!''
      
qauthor{Counter Terrorist (1999 -- present)}
      
end{savequote}
      

      
chapter{Introduction}
      

      
end{document}


      More inspirational quotes



      ``If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero, read TeX Book!''
      
qauthor{Bug Buster (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``Motivation isn't enough. If you've an idiot and you motivate him, now you've a motivated idiot.''
      
qauthor{Stiff Jokes (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``Learning (La)TeX, PSTricks, and PGF/TikZ is similar to learning how to swim or drive a car. You don’t get the full benefit by watching someone else do it. Your own fingers must get involved.''
      
qauthor{Donut E. Knot (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``Don't be lukewarm! If you cannot be the best, be the worst!''
      
qauthor{Code Mocker (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``Beauty without intelligence is a masterpiece painted on a toilet paper.''
      
qauthor{The Last Error (2014 -- present)}
      

      
``For every problem, there is always a solution that is simple, neat, but wrong.''
      
qauthor{Weirdstress Function (2014 -- present)}






      share|improve this answer














      share|improve this answer



      share|improve this answer








      edited Apr 13 '14 at 15:10

























      answered Apr 26 '12 at 12:25









      kiss my armpit

      12.6k20170403




      12.6k20170403








      • 6




        +1: These quotes are truly inspirational. "Terrorits win!"
        – Henri Menke
        Mar 18 '14 at 21:07








      • 1




        @HenriMenke: There is a typo. It should be "Terrorists win!".
        – kiss my armpit
        Apr 13 '14 at 14:56










      • Could you tell my how you made the chapter look like this?
        – Jon Snow
        Oct 22 '17 at 7:04














      • 6




        +1: These quotes are truly inspirational. "Terrorits win!"
        – Henri Menke
        Mar 18 '14 at 21:07








      • 1




        @HenriMenke: There is a typo. It should be "Terrorists win!".
        – kiss my armpit
        Apr 13 '14 at 14:56










      • Could you tell my how you made the chapter look like this?
        – Jon Snow
        Oct 22 '17 at 7:04








      6




      6




      +1: These quotes are truly inspirational. "Terrorits win!"
      – Henri Menke
      Mar 18 '14 at 21:07






      +1: These quotes are truly inspirational. "Terrorits win!"
      – Henri Menke
      Mar 18 '14 at 21:07






      1




      1




      @HenriMenke: There is a typo. It should be "Terrorists win!".
      – kiss my armpit
      Apr 13 '14 at 14:56




      @HenriMenke: There is a typo. It should be "Terrorists win!".
      – kiss my armpit
      Apr 13 '14 at 14:56












      Could you tell my how you made the chapter look like this?
      – Jon Snow
      Oct 22 '17 at 7:04




      Could you tell my how you made the chapter look like this?
      – Jon Snow
      Oct 22 '17 at 7:04











      23














      An adaptation of a piece of code found on line but I do not remember where exactly.



      documentclass[11pt]{book}
      
%%%%********************************************************************
      
usepackage{microtype}
      
usepackage{times}
      
usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}     
      
usepackage[english]{babel}
      
usepackage{graphicx}
      
usepackage{xcolor}
      
usepackage{lipsum}
      
%%%%********************************************************************
      
% fancy quotes
      
definecolor{quotemark}{gray}{0.7}
      
makeatletter
      
deffquote{%
      
    @ifnextchar[{fquote@i}{fquote@i}%]
      
           }%
      
deffquote@i[#1]{%
      
    deftempa{#1}%
      
    @ifnextchar[{fquote@ii}{fquote@ii}%]
      
                 }%
      
deffquote@ii[#1]{%
      
    deftempb{#1}%
      
    @ifnextchar[{fquote@iii}{fquote@iii}%]
      
                      }%
      
deffquote@iii[#1]{%
      
    deftempc{#1}%
      
    vspace{1em}%
      
    noindent%
      
    begin{list}{}{%
      
         setlength{leftmargin}{0.1textwidth}%
      
         setlength{rightmargin}{0.1textwidth}%
      
                  }%
      
         item%
      
         begin{picture}(0,0)%
      
         put(-15,-5){makebox(0,0){scalebox{3}{textcolor{quotemark}{``}}}}%
      
         end{picture}%
      
         begingroupitshape}%
      
 %%%%********************************************************************
      
 defendfquote{%
      
 endgrouppar%
      
 makebox[0pt][l]{%
      
 hspace{0.8textwidth}%
      
 begin{picture}(0,0)(0,0)%
      
 put(15,15){makebox(0,0){%
      
 scalebox{3}{color{quotemark}''}}}%
      
 end{picture}}%
      
 ifxtempaempty%
      
 else%
      
    ifxtempcempty%
      
       hfillrule{100pt}{0.5pt}\mbox{}hfilltempa, emph{tempb}%
      
   else%
      
       hfillrule{100pt}{0.5pt}\mbox{}hfilltempa, emph{tempb}, tempc%
      
   fifipar%
      
   vspace{0.5em}%
      
 end{list}%
      
 }%
      
 makeatother
      
 %%%%********************************************************************
      
 begin{document}
      
 chapter{Graph theory}
      
 begin{fquote}[Lewis Carroll][Alice in Wonderland][1899]Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you come to an end; then stop.
      
 end{fquote}
      
 lipsum[2]
      
 begin{fquote}[Lewis Carroll][Alice in Wonderland][1899]Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you come to an end; then stop.
      
 end{fquote}
      
 lipsum[2]
      
 end{document}


      fancy quotes






      share|improve this answer

















      • 2




        This is beautiful and I'm using it in my PhD dissertation. Thank you, kind stranger :-)
        – AllanM
        Oct 30 '15 at 19:23
















      23














      An adaptation of a piece of code found on line but I do not remember where exactly.



      documentclass[11pt]{book}
      
%%%%********************************************************************
      
usepackage{microtype}
      
usepackage{times}
      
usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}     
      
usepackage[english]{babel}
      
usepackage{graphicx}
      
usepackage{xcolor}
      
usepackage{lipsum}
      
%%%%********************************************************************
      
% fancy quotes
      
definecolor{quotemark}{gray}{0.7}
      
makeatletter
      
deffquote{%
      
    @ifnextchar[{fquote@i}{fquote@i}%]
      
           }%
      
deffquote@i[#1]{%
      
    deftempa{#1}%
      
    @ifnextchar[{fquote@ii}{fquote@ii}%]
      
                 }%
      
deffquote@ii[#1]{%
      
    deftempb{#1}%
      
    @ifnextchar[{fquote@iii}{fquote@iii}%]
      
                      }%
      
deffquote@iii[#1]{%
      
    deftempc{#1}%
      
    vspace{1em}%
      
    noindent%
      
    begin{list}{}{%
      
         setlength{leftmargin}{0.1textwidth}%
      
         setlength{rightmargin}{0.1textwidth}%
      
                  }%
      
         item%
      
         begin{picture}(0,0)%
      
         put(-15,-5){makebox(0,0){scalebox{3}{textcolor{quotemark}{``}}}}%
      
         end{picture}%
      
         begingroupitshape}%
      
 %%%%********************************************************************
      
 defendfquote{%
      
 endgrouppar%
      
 makebox[0pt][l]{%
      
 hspace{0.8textwidth}%
      
 begin{picture}(0,0)(0,0)%
      
 put(15,15){makebox(0,0){%
      
 scalebox{3}{color{quotemark}''}}}%
      
 end{picture}}%
      
 ifxtempaempty%
      
 else%
      
    ifxtempcempty%
      
       hfillrule{100pt}{0.5pt}\mbox{}hfilltempa, emph{tempb}%
      
   else%
      
       hfillrule{100pt}{0.5pt}\mbox{}hfilltempa, emph{tempb}, tempc%
      
   fifipar%
      
   vspace{0.5em}%
      
 end{list}%
      
 }%
      
 makeatother
      
 %%%%********************************************************************
      
 begin{document}
      
 chapter{Graph theory}
      
 begin{fquote}[Lewis Carroll][Alice in Wonderland][1899]Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you come to an end; then stop.
      
 end{fquote}
      
 lipsum[2]
      
 begin{fquote}[Lewis Carroll][Alice in Wonderland][1899]Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you come to an end; then stop.
      
 end{fquote}
      
 lipsum[2]
      
 end{document}


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        This is beautiful and I'm using it in my PhD dissertation. Thank you, kind stranger :-)
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      An adaptation of a piece of code found on line but I do not remember where exactly.



      documentclass[11pt]{book}
      
%%%%********************************************************************
      
usepackage{microtype}
      
usepackage{times}
      
usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}     
      
usepackage[english]{babel}
      
usepackage{graphicx}
      
usepackage{xcolor}
      
usepackage{lipsum}
      
%%%%********************************************************************
      
% fancy quotes
      
definecolor{quotemark}{gray}{0.7}
      
makeatletter
      
deffquote{%
      
    @ifnextchar[{fquote@i}{fquote@i}%]
      
           }%
      
deffquote@i[#1]{%
      
    deftempa{#1}%
      
    @ifnextchar[{fquote@ii}{fquote@ii}%]
      
                 }%
      
deffquote@ii[#1]{%
      
    deftempb{#1}%
      
    @ifnextchar[{fquote@iii}{fquote@iii}%]
      
                      }%
      
deffquote@iii[#1]{%
      
    deftempc{#1}%
      
    vspace{1em}%
      
    noindent%
      
    begin{list}{}{%
      
         setlength{leftmargin}{0.1textwidth}%
      
         setlength{rightmargin}{0.1textwidth}%
      
                  }%
      
         item%
      
         begin{picture}(0,0)%
      
         put(-15,-5){makebox(0,0){scalebox{3}{textcolor{quotemark}{``}}}}%
      
         end{picture}%
      
         begingroupitshape}%
      
 %%%%********************************************************************
      
 defendfquote{%
      
 endgrouppar%
      
 makebox[0pt][l]{%
      
 hspace{0.8textwidth}%
      
 begin{picture}(0,0)(0,0)%
      
 put(15,15){makebox(0,0){%
      
 scalebox{3}{color{quotemark}''}}}%
      
 end{picture}}%
      
 ifxtempaempty%
      
 else%
      
    ifxtempcempty%
      
       hfillrule{100pt}{0.5pt}\mbox{}hfilltempa, emph{tempb}%
      
   else%
      
       hfillrule{100pt}{0.5pt}\mbox{}hfilltempa, emph{tempb}, tempc%
      
   fifipar%
      
   vspace{0.5em}%
      
 end{list}%
      
 }%
      
 makeatother
      
 %%%%********************************************************************
      
 begin{document}
      
 chapter{Graph theory}
      
 begin{fquote}[Lewis Carroll][Alice in Wonderland][1899]Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you come to an end; then stop.
      
 end{fquote}
      
 lipsum[2]
      
 begin{fquote}[Lewis Carroll][Alice in Wonderland][1899]Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you come to an end; then stop.
      
 end{fquote}
      
 lipsum[2]
      
 end{document}


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      An adaptation of a piece of code found on line but I do not remember where exactly.



      documentclass[11pt]{book}
      
%%%%********************************************************************
      
usepackage{microtype}
      
usepackage{times}
      
usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}     
      
usepackage[english]{babel}
      
usepackage{graphicx}
      
usepackage{xcolor}
      
usepackage{lipsum}
      
%%%%********************************************************************
      
% fancy quotes
      
definecolor{quotemark}{gray}{0.7}
      
makeatletter
      
deffquote{%
      
    @ifnextchar[{fquote@i}{fquote@i}%]
      
           }%
      
deffquote@i[#1]{%
      
    deftempa{#1}%
      
    @ifnextchar[{fquote@ii}{fquote@ii}%]
      
                 }%
      
deffquote@ii[#1]{%
      
    deftempb{#1}%
      
    @ifnextchar[{fquote@iii}{fquote@iii}%]
      
                      }%
      
deffquote@iii[#1]{%
      
    deftempc{#1}%
      
    vspace{1em}%
      
    noindent%
      
    begin{list}{}{%
      
         setlength{leftmargin}{0.1textwidth}%
      
         setlength{rightmargin}{0.1textwidth}%
      
                  }%
      
         item%
      
         begin{picture}(0,0)%
      
         put(-15,-5){makebox(0,0){scalebox{3}{textcolor{quotemark}{``}}}}%
      
         end{picture}%
      
         begingroupitshape}%
      
 %%%%********************************************************************
      
 defendfquote{%
      
 endgrouppar%
      
 makebox[0pt][l]{%
      
 hspace{0.8textwidth}%
      
 begin{picture}(0,0)(0,0)%
      
 put(15,15){makebox(0,0){%
      
 scalebox{3}{color{quotemark}''}}}%
      
 end{picture}}%
      
 ifxtempaempty%
      
 else%
      
    ifxtempcempty%
      
       hfillrule{100pt}{0.5pt}\mbox{}hfilltempa, emph{tempb}%
      
   else%
      
       hfillrule{100pt}{0.5pt}\mbox{}hfilltempa, emph{tempb}, tempc%
      
   fifipar%
      
   vspace{0.5em}%
      
 end{list}%
      
 }%
      
 makeatother
      
 %%%%********************************************************************
      
 begin{document}
      
 chapter{Graph theory}
      
 begin{fquote}[Lewis Carroll][Alice in Wonderland][1899]Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you come to an end; then stop.
      
 end{fquote}
      
 lipsum[2]
      
 begin{fquote}[Lewis Carroll][Alice in Wonderland][1899]Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you come to an end; then stop.
      
 end{fquote}
      
 lipsum[2]
      
 end{document}


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      pluton

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        This is beautiful and I'm using it in my PhD dissertation. Thank you, kind stranger :-)
        – AllanM
        Oct 30 '15 at 19:23














      • 2




        This is beautiful and I'm using it in my PhD dissertation. Thank you, kind stranger :-)
        – AllanM
        Oct 30 '15 at 19:23








      2




      2




      This is beautiful and I'm using it in my PhD dissertation. Thank you, kind stranger :-)
      – AllanM
      Oct 30 '15 at 19:23




      This is beautiful and I'm using it in my PhD dissertation. Thank you, kind stranger :-)
      – AllanM
      Oct 30 '15 at 19:23











      10














      And if you want to do yourself something very basic, just define a new command:



      documentclass{book}
      

      
newcommand{chapquote}[3]{begin{quotation} textit{#1} end{quotation} begin{flushright} - #2, textit{#3}end{flushright} }
      

      
begin{document}
      
chapter{First Chapter}
      

      
chapquote{``Begin at the beginning,¨ the King said gravely, ``and go on till you come to the end: then stop."}{Lewis Carroll}{Alice in Wonderland}
      

      
end{document}


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        Since the quotation paragraph allows paragraph breaks, and some users may therefore be tempted to provide a two-paragraph inspirational quote, you may want to use {itshape#1} instead of textit{#1}, as textit does not permit paragraph breaks in its scope.
        – Mico
        Jan 20 '15 at 17:34












      • @Mico Good to know, thanks! +1
        – wondering
        Jan 20 '15 at 20:33
















      10














      And if you want to do yourself something very basic, just define a new command:



      documentclass{book}
      

      
newcommand{chapquote}[3]{begin{quotation} textit{#1} end{quotation} begin{flushright} - #2, textit{#3}end{flushright} }
      

      
begin{document}
      
chapter{First Chapter}
      

      
chapquote{``Begin at the beginning,¨ the King said gravely, ``and go on till you come to the end: then stop."}{Lewis Carroll}{Alice in Wonderland}
      

      
end{document}


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        Since the quotation paragraph allows paragraph breaks, and some users may therefore be tempted to provide a two-paragraph inspirational quote, you may want to use {itshape#1} instead of textit{#1}, as textit does not permit paragraph breaks in its scope.
        – Mico
        Jan 20 '15 at 17:34












      • @Mico Good to know, thanks! +1
        – wondering
        Jan 20 '15 at 20:33














      10












      10








      10






      And if you want to do yourself something very basic, just define a new command:



      documentclass{book}
      

      
newcommand{chapquote}[3]{begin{quotation} textit{#1} end{quotation} begin{flushright} - #2, textit{#3}end{flushright} }
      

      
begin{document}
      
chapter{First Chapter}
      

      
chapquote{``Begin at the beginning,¨ the King said gravely, ``and go on till you come to the end: then stop."}{Lewis Carroll}{Alice in Wonderland}
      

      
end{document}


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      And if you want to do yourself something very basic, just define a new command:



      documentclass{book}
      

      
newcommand{chapquote}[3]{begin{quotation} textit{#1} end{quotation} begin{flushright} - #2, textit{#3}end{flushright} }
      

      
begin{document}
      
chapter{First Chapter}
      

      
chapquote{``Begin at the beginning,¨ the King said gravely, ``and go on till you come to the end: then stop."}{Lewis Carroll}{Alice in Wonderland}
      

      
end{document}


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      answered Jan 20 '15 at 16:54









      wondering

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        Since the quotation paragraph allows paragraph breaks, and some users may therefore be tempted to provide a two-paragraph inspirational quote, you may want to use {itshape#1} instead of textit{#1}, as textit does not permit paragraph breaks in its scope.
        – Mico
        Jan 20 '15 at 17:34












      • @Mico Good to know, thanks! +1
        – wondering
        Jan 20 '15 at 20:33














      • 6




        Since the quotation paragraph allows paragraph breaks, and some users may therefore be tempted to provide a two-paragraph inspirational quote, you may want to use {itshape#1} instead of textit{#1}, as textit does not permit paragraph breaks in its scope.
        – Mico
        Jan 20 '15 at 17:34












      • @Mico Good to know, thanks! +1
        – wondering
        Jan 20 '15 at 20:33








      6




      6




      Since the quotation paragraph allows paragraph breaks, and some users may therefore be tempted to provide a two-paragraph inspirational quote, you may want to use {itshape#1} instead of textit{#1}, as textit does not permit paragraph breaks in its scope.
      – Mico
      Jan 20 '15 at 17:34






      Since the quotation paragraph allows paragraph breaks, and some users may therefore be tempted to provide a two-paragraph inspirational quote, you may want to use {itshape#1} instead of textit{#1}, as textit does not permit paragraph breaks in its scope.
      – Mico
      Jan 20 '15 at 17:34














      @Mico Good to know, thanks! +1
      – wondering
      Jan 20 '15 at 20:33




      @Mico Good to know, thanks! +1
      – wondering
      Jan 20 '15 at 20:33











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      You can gain a finer control of the epigraph and chapter heading by the following package.



      begin{filecontents}{chapterhead.sty}
      
NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[2005/12/01]
      
ProvidesPackage{chapterhead}[2012/07/16 v0.0.1 Chapter head and epigraph (AM)]
      
RequirePackage{xkeyval}
      
RequirePackage{catoptions}
      
new@defchd@alltoendif#1endif{#1}
      
new@defchd@firsttoendif#1#2endif{#1}
      
new@def*chdifnumcmpTF#1#2#3{ifnumcmpTF#1#2{#3}}
      
% chdifchoice can be used to define choice keys via command keys:
      
new@def*chdifchoice{chdifcaseifstrcmpTF}
      
new@def*chdifcase#1#2{%
      
  ifstrcmpTF{#1}ifnone{%
      
    chd@alltoendif
      
  }{%
      
    ifstrcmpTF{#1}endif{}{%
      
      ifstrcmpTF{#2}ifnone{%
      
        chd@alltoendif
      
      }{%
      
        ifstrcmpTF{#2}endif{}{chd@ifcase{#1}{#2}}%
      
      }%
      
    }%
      
  }%
      
}
      
new@def*chd@ifcase#1#2#3{%
      
  ifstrcmpTF{#3}ifnone{%
      
    chd@alltoendif
      
  }{%
      
    ifstrcmpTF{#3}endif{}{%
      
      #1{#2}{#3}chd@firsttoendif{chd@ifcase@i{#1}{#2}}%
      
    }%
      
  }%
      
}
      
new@def*chd@ifcase@i#1#2#3{chd@ifcase{#1}{#2}}
      
define@cmdkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{prefix}[KV]{}
      
define@cmdkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{family}{}
      
define@cmdkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{holder prefix}[mp@]{}
      
define@boolkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{initialize}[true]{}
      
define@boolkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{preset}[true]{}
      
% Keys not specified in the optional argument of chddefinekeys will
      
% get default values:
      
presetkeys[DKV]{definekeys}{prefix,family,holder prefix,
      
  initialize=false,preset=false}{}
      

      
robust@def*chddefinekeys{@testoptchd@definekeys{}}
      
new@def*chd@definekeys[#1]#2{%
      
  setkeys[DKV]{definekeys}{#1}%
      
  defdefkey@defaultlist{}%
      
  edefreserved@a{cptcommanormalize{#2}}%
      
  expandafterdefkey@loopreserved@a,defkey@nil,%
      
  ifboolTF{defkey@preset}{%
      
    cptexpanded{noexpandpresetkeys
      
      [defkey@prefix]{defkey@family}{expandcsoncedefkey@defaultlist}{}%
      
    }%
      
  }{}%
      
  ifboolTF{defkey@initialize}{%
      
    cptexpanded{noexpandsetkeys
      
      [defkey@prefix]{defkey@family}{expandcsoncedefkey@defaultlist}%
      
    }%
      
  }{}%
      
}
      
begingroup
      
lccode`&=1 catcode`&=7
      
lowercase{endgroup
      
  new@def*chd@rejecttoks{&}%
      
  new@def*defkey@loop#1,{%
      
    defreserved@a{defkey@nil}%
      
    edefreserved@b{cpttrimspace{#1}}%
      
    ifxreserved@areserved@bexpandafter@gobbleelseexpandafter@idenfi
      
    {defkey@splitatslash#1/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/defkey@nildefkey@loop}%
      
  }
      
}
      
new@def*chd@cmprejecttoks#1{ifx#1chd@rejecttokselseexpandcsonce#1fi}
      
new@def*defkey@splitatslash#1/#2/#3/#4/#5/#6/#7/#8/#9defkey@nil{%
      
  edefkeytype{cpttrimspace{#1}}%
      
  edefkeyname{cpttrimspace{#2}}%
      
  edefkeydefault{cpttrimspace{#3}}%
      
  edefkeycode{cpttrimspace{#4}}%
      
  ifxkeynamechd@rejecttoks
      
    @latexerr{Empty key name}@ehd
      
  fi
      
  defreserved@a##1{%
      
    defreserved@a####1##1####2####3@nil{%
      
      defreserved@a{####2}%
      
    }%
      
    reserved@a cmd{0}bool{1}@nil
      
  }%
      
  expandafterreserved@aexpandafter{keytype}%
      
  ifcasereserved@arelax
      
    letreserved@adefine@cmdkey
      
  or
      
    xifinsetTF{,cptoxdetokkeydefault,}{,detokenize{true,false},}{%
      
      letreserved@adefine@boolkey
      
    }{%
      
      @latexerr{Illegal default value 'cptoxdetokkeydefault'
      
        MessageBreak for bool key 'keyname'}@ehd
      
    }%
      
  else
      
    @latexerr{Illegal key type '#1'}@ehd
      
  fi
      
  cptexpanded{noexpandreserved@a
      
    [defkey@prefix]{defkey@family}[usecsn{defkey@holder prefix}]%
      
    {chd@cmprejecttokskeyname}%
      
    ifxkeydefaultchd@rejecttokselse[expandcsoncekeydefault]fi
      
    {chd@cmprejecttokskeycode}%
      
  }%
      
  edefdefkey@defaultlist{%
      
    ifxdefkey@defaultlist@emptyelseexpandcsoncedefkey@defaultlist,fi
      
    keyname
      
    ifxkeydefaultchd@rejecttokselse=%
      
      oifstrcmpTFkeytype{bool}{%
      
        oifstrcmpTFkeydefault{true}{false}{false}%
      
      }{%
      
        expandcsoncekeydefault
      
      }%
      
    fi
      
  }%
      
}
      
chddefinekeys[
      
  prefix=CHD,family=epigraf,holder prefix=epg@,initialize,preset
      
]{%
      
  cmd/width/hsize,
      
  cmd/author/,
      
  cmd/color/black,
      
  cmd/authorcolor/black,
      
  bool/use italics for author/true,
      
  cmd/fontencoding/encodingdefault,
      
  cmd/fontfamily/familydefault,
      
  cmd/fontseries/seriesdefault,
      
  cmd/fontshape/shapedefault,
      
  cmd/fontsize/10pt,
      
  cmd/hskip/0ex,
      
  cmd/prevskip/0ex,
      
  cmd/postvskip/1ex,
      
  bool/frame/true,
      
}
      
chddefinekeys[
      
  prefix=CHD,family=chapterhead,holder prefix=chd@,initialize,preset
      
]{%
      
  cmd/textcolor/black,
      
  cmd/textfontencoding/encodingdefault,
      
  cmd/textfontfamily/familydefault,
      
  cmd/textfontseries/eb,
      
  cmd/textfontshape/shapedefault,
      
  cmd/textfontsize/100pt,
      
  cmd/numberfontencoding/encodingdefault,
      
  cmd/numberfontfamily/familydefault,
      
  cmd/numberfontseries/eb,
      
  cmd/numberfontshape/shapedefault,
      
  cmd/numberfontsize/100pt,
      
%  cmd/leftmargin/leftmargin,
      
%  cmd/rightmargin/rightmargin,
      
  cmd/texthskip/0em,
      
  cmd/textprevskip/0ex,
      
  cmd/textpostvskip/1ex,
      
  cmd/numberprevskip/0ex,
      
  cmd/numberpostvskip/0ex,
      
  cmd/numberhskip/0em,
      
  cmd/numbercolor/black,
      
  cmd/pagestyle/empty,
      
  bool/make text raggedleft/true,
      
  bool/make number raggedleft/true,
      
  bool/print number before text/true,
      
  bool/frame number/true,
      
  bool/no clear page/true
      
}
      
newboxchd@boxa
      
newcommandepigraf[2]{%
      
  setkeys[CHD]{epigraf}{#1}%
      
  setboxchd@boxa=vbox{%
      
    ifepg@framefbox{fi
      
    parboxepg@width{%
      
      fontsize{epg@fontsize}{1.5epg@fontsize}%
      
      usefont{epg@fontencoding}{epg@fontfamily}%
      
        {epg@fontseries}{epg@fontshape}%
      
      ignorespaces
      
      textcolor{epg@color}{#2}%
      
      hspace*{fill}nolinebreak[1]%
      
      quadhspace*{fill}finalhyphendemeritsz@ptrelax
      
      begingroup
      
        ifboolTF{epg@use italics for author}{itshape}{}%
      
        textcolor{epg@authorcolor}{epg@author}%
      
      endgroup
      
    }%
      
    ifepg@frame}fi
      
  }%
      
  globalletchd@printepigrafchd@bprintepigraf
      
  @ignoretrue
      
}
      

      
AtBeginDocument{%
      
  @ifundefined{@mainmattertrue}{newifif@mainmatter@mainmattertrue}{}%
      
}
      
new@def*chd@insertchaptertext#1{%
      
  begingroup
      
  ifboolTF{chd@make text raggedleft}{%
      
    raggedleft
      
  }{%
      
    hskipchd@texthskiprelax
      
  }%
      
  advanceleftmargin10em
      
  interlinepenalty@M
      
  vskipchd@textprevskiprelax
      
  fontsize{chd@textfontsize}{1.2chd@textfontsize}%
      
  usefont{chd@textfontencoding}{chd@textfontfamily}%
      
    {chd@textfontseries}{chd@textfontshape}%
      
  textcolor{chd@textcolor}{ignorespaces#1}%
      
  parnobreak
      
  vskipchd@textpostvskiprelax
      
  endgroup
      
}
      
new@def*chd@insertchapternumber{%
      
  begingroup
      
  ifnumc@secnumdepth>m@ne
      
    if@mainmatter
      
      vskipchd@numberprevskiprelax
      
      fontsize{chd@numberfontsize}{1.2chd@numberfontsize}%
      
      usefont{chd@numberfontencoding}{chd@numberfontfamily}%
      
        {chd@numberfontseries}{chd@numberfontshape}%
      
      usecsn{ifchd@frame number}fbox{fi
      
      textcolor{chd@numbercolor}{thechapter}%
      
      usecsn{ifchd@frame number}}fi
      
      parnobreak
      
      vskipchd@numberpostvskiprelax
      
    fi
      
  fi
      
  endgroup
      
}
      
renewcommandchapter[1]{%
      
  setkeys[CHD]{chapterhead}{#1}%
      
  ifboolTF{chd@no clear page}{}{%
      
    if@openrightcleardoublepageelseclearpagefi
      
  }%
      
  thispagestyle{chd@pagestyle}%
      
  global@topnumz@
      
  ifdefTFchd@printepigrafchd@printepigrafrelax
      
  @afterindentfalse
      
  secdef@chapter@schapter
      
}
      
renewcommand{@makechapterhead}[1]{%
      
  begingroup
      
    begingroup
      
      leavevmode
      
      ifboolTF{chd@make number raggedleft}{%
      
        raggedleft
      
      }{%
      
        hskipchd@numberhskiprelax
      
      }%
      
      ifboolTF{chd@print number before text}{%
      
        chd@insertchapternumberchd@insertchaptertext{#1}%
      
      }{%
      
        chd@insertchaptertext{#1}chd@insertchapternumber
      
      }%
      
    endgroup
      
    nobreak
      
  endgroup
      
}
      
renewcommand{@makeschapterhead}[1]{%
      
  begingroup
      
  letc@secnumdepthm@ne@makechapterhead{#1}%
      
  endgroup
      
}
      
newcommand*chd@bprintepigraf{%
      
  vskipepg@prevskip
      
  hskipepg@hskiprelax
      
  copychd@boxa
      
  vskipepg@postvskip
      
  globalletchd@printepigrafrelax
      
}
      
endinput
      
end{filecontents}
      

      
documentclass{book}
      
usepackage{chapterhead}
      
usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
      

      
begin{document}
      
epigraf[
      
  author={Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}},
      
  color=blue,
      
  width=.75hsize,
      
  use italics for author=false,
      
  fontsize=8pt,
      
  fontfamily=cmr,
      
  hskip=10em,
      
  postvskip=2ex,
      
  frame,
      
]{
      
  ``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
      
  come to an end; then stop.''
      
}
      

      
chapter[
      
  numberpostvskip=.2ex,
      
  numberfontseries=ux,
      
  numberfontfamily=cmbr,
      
  textfontseries=ex,
      
  textfontsize=50pt,
      
  textfontfamily=cmbr,
      
  textfontshape=it,% not obtainable because of other choices above
      
  textcolor=red,
      
  make text raggedleft=false,
      
  make number raggedleft=false,
      
  print number before text,
      
  no clear page
      
]{Graph Theory}
      

      
noindent The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. 
      
In the 1700s seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar 
      
to what you see in Figure ldots
      

      
parvskip3baselineskip
      
hrule height.5pt depth .4pt relax
      

      
epigraf[
      
  author={Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}},
      
  color=black,
      
  width=.75hsize,
      
  use italics for author,
      
  fontsize=8pt,
      
  fontfamily=cmr,
      
  hskip=-3em,
      
  prevskip=2ex,
      
  postvskip=2ex,
      
]{
      
  ``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
      
  come to an end; then stop.''
      
}
      

      
chapter[
      
  numberpostvskip=.2ex,
      
  numberfontseries=ux,
      
  numberfontfamily=cmbr,
      
  textfontseries=ex,
      
  textfontsize=50pt,
      
  textfontfamily=cmss,
      
  textfontshape=it,
      
  textcolor=Brown,
      
  numbercolor=ForestGreen,
      
  make text raggedleft,
      
  make number raggedleft,
      
  frame number,
      
  no clear page
      
]{Graph Theory}
      

      
noindent The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. 
      
In the 1700s seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar 
      
to what you see in Figure ldots
      
end{document}


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        You can gain a finer control of the epigraph and chapter heading by the following package.



        begin{filecontents}{chapterhead.sty}
        
NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[2005/12/01]
        
ProvidesPackage{chapterhead}[2012/07/16 v0.0.1 Chapter head and epigraph (AM)]
        
RequirePackage{xkeyval}
        
RequirePackage{catoptions}
        
new@defchd@alltoendif#1endif{#1}
        
new@defchd@firsttoendif#1#2endif{#1}
        
new@def*chdifnumcmpTF#1#2#3{ifnumcmpTF#1#2{#3}}
        
% chdifchoice can be used to define choice keys via command keys:
        
new@def*chdifchoice{chdifcaseifstrcmpTF}
        
new@def*chdifcase#1#2{%
        
  ifstrcmpTF{#1}ifnone{%
        
    chd@alltoendif
        
  }{%
        
    ifstrcmpTF{#1}endif{}{%
        
      ifstrcmpTF{#2}ifnone{%
        
        chd@alltoendif
        
      }{%
        
        ifstrcmpTF{#2}endif{}{chd@ifcase{#1}{#2}}%
        
      }%
        
    }%
        
  }%
        
}
        
new@def*chd@ifcase#1#2#3{%
        
  ifstrcmpTF{#3}ifnone{%
        
    chd@alltoendif
        
  }{%
        
    ifstrcmpTF{#3}endif{}{%
        
      #1{#2}{#3}chd@firsttoendif{chd@ifcase@i{#1}{#2}}%
        
    }%
        
  }%
        
}
        
new@def*chd@ifcase@i#1#2#3{chd@ifcase{#1}{#2}}
        
define@cmdkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{prefix}[KV]{}
        
define@cmdkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{family}{}
        
define@cmdkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{holder prefix}[mp@]{}
        
define@boolkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{initialize}[true]{}
        
define@boolkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{preset}[true]{}
        
% Keys not specified in the optional argument of chddefinekeys will
        
% get default values:
        
presetkeys[DKV]{definekeys}{prefix,family,holder prefix,
        
  initialize=false,preset=false}{}
        

        
robust@def*chddefinekeys{@testoptchd@definekeys{}}
        
new@def*chd@definekeys[#1]#2{%
        
  setkeys[DKV]{definekeys}{#1}%
        
  defdefkey@defaultlist{}%
        
  edefreserved@a{cptcommanormalize{#2}}%
        
  expandafterdefkey@loopreserved@a,defkey@nil,%
        
  ifboolTF{defkey@preset}{%
        
    cptexpanded{noexpandpresetkeys
        
      [defkey@prefix]{defkey@family}{expandcsoncedefkey@defaultlist}{}%
        
    }%
        
  }{}%
        
  ifboolTF{defkey@initialize}{%
        
    cptexpanded{noexpandsetkeys
        
      [defkey@prefix]{defkey@family}{expandcsoncedefkey@defaultlist}%
        
    }%
        
  }{}%
        
}
        
begingroup
        
lccode`&=1 catcode`&=7
        
lowercase{endgroup
        
  new@def*chd@rejecttoks{&}%
        
  new@def*defkey@loop#1,{%
        
    defreserved@a{defkey@nil}%
        
    edefreserved@b{cpttrimspace{#1}}%
        
    ifxreserved@areserved@bexpandafter@gobbleelseexpandafter@idenfi
        
    {defkey@splitatslash#1/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/defkey@nildefkey@loop}%
        
  }
        
}
        
new@def*chd@cmprejecttoks#1{ifx#1chd@rejecttokselseexpandcsonce#1fi}
        
new@def*defkey@splitatslash#1/#2/#3/#4/#5/#6/#7/#8/#9defkey@nil{%
        
  edefkeytype{cpttrimspace{#1}}%
        
  edefkeyname{cpttrimspace{#2}}%
        
  edefkeydefault{cpttrimspace{#3}}%
        
  edefkeycode{cpttrimspace{#4}}%
        
  ifxkeynamechd@rejecttoks
        
    @latexerr{Empty key name}@ehd
        
  fi
        
  defreserved@a##1{%
        
    defreserved@a####1##1####2####3@nil{%
        
      defreserved@a{####2}%
        
    }%
        
    reserved@a cmd{0}bool{1}@nil
        
  }%
        
  expandafterreserved@aexpandafter{keytype}%
        
  ifcasereserved@arelax
        
    letreserved@adefine@cmdkey
        
  or
        
    xifinsetTF{,cptoxdetokkeydefault,}{,detokenize{true,false},}{%
        
      letreserved@adefine@boolkey
        
    }{%
        
      @latexerr{Illegal default value 'cptoxdetokkeydefault'
        
        MessageBreak for bool key 'keyname'}@ehd
        
    }%
        
  else
        
    @latexerr{Illegal key type '#1'}@ehd
        
  fi
        
  cptexpanded{noexpandreserved@a
        
    [defkey@prefix]{defkey@family}[usecsn{defkey@holder prefix}]%
        
    {chd@cmprejecttokskeyname}%
        
    ifxkeydefaultchd@rejecttokselse[expandcsoncekeydefault]fi
        
    {chd@cmprejecttokskeycode}%
        
  }%
        
  edefdefkey@defaultlist{%
        
    ifxdefkey@defaultlist@emptyelseexpandcsoncedefkey@defaultlist,fi
        
    keyname
        
    ifxkeydefaultchd@rejecttokselse=%
        
      oifstrcmpTFkeytype{bool}{%
        
        oifstrcmpTFkeydefault{true}{false}{false}%
        
      }{%
        
        expandcsoncekeydefault
        
      }%
        
    fi
        
  }%
        
}
        
chddefinekeys[
        
  prefix=CHD,family=epigraf,holder prefix=epg@,initialize,preset
        
]{%
        
  cmd/width/hsize,
        
  cmd/author/,
        
  cmd/color/black,
        
  cmd/authorcolor/black,
        
  bool/use italics for author/true,
        
  cmd/fontencoding/encodingdefault,
        
  cmd/fontfamily/familydefault,
        
  cmd/fontseries/seriesdefault,
        
  cmd/fontshape/shapedefault,
        
  cmd/fontsize/10pt,
        
  cmd/hskip/0ex,
        
  cmd/prevskip/0ex,
        
  cmd/postvskip/1ex,
        
  bool/frame/true,
        
}
        
chddefinekeys[
        
  prefix=CHD,family=chapterhead,holder prefix=chd@,initialize,preset
        
]{%
        
  cmd/textcolor/black,
        
  cmd/textfontencoding/encodingdefault,
        
  cmd/textfontfamily/familydefault,
        
  cmd/textfontseries/eb,
        
  cmd/textfontshape/shapedefault,
        
  cmd/textfontsize/100pt,
        
  cmd/numberfontencoding/encodingdefault,
        
  cmd/numberfontfamily/familydefault,
        
  cmd/numberfontseries/eb,
        
  cmd/numberfontshape/shapedefault,
        
  cmd/numberfontsize/100pt,
        
%  cmd/leftmargin/leftmargin,
        
%  cmd/rightmargin/rightmargin,
        
  cmd/texthskip/0em,
        
  cmd/textprevskip/0ex,
        
  cmd/textpostvskip/1ex,
        
  cmd/numberprevskip/0ex,
        
  cmd/numberpostvskip/0ex,
        
  cmd/numberhskip/0em,
        
  cmd/numbercolor/black,
        
  cmd/pagestyle/empty,
        
  bool/make text raggedleft/true,
        
  bool/make number raggedleft/true,
        
  bool/print number before text/true,
        
  bool/frame number/true,
        
  bool/no clear page/true
        
}
        
newboxchd@boxa
        
newcommandepigraf[2]{%
        
  setkeys[CHD]{epigraf}{#1}%
        
  setboxchd@boxa=vbox{%
        
    ifepg@framefbox{fi
        
    parboxepg@width{%
        
      fontsize{epg@fontsize}{1.5epg@fontsize}%
        
      usefont{epg@fontencoding}{epg@fontfamily}%
        
        {epg@fontseries}{epg@fontshape}%
        
      ignorespaces
        
      textcolor{epg@color}{#2}%
        
      hspace*{fill}nolinebreak[1]%
        
      quadhspace*{fill}finalhyphendemeritsz@ptrelax
        
      begingroup
        
        ifboolTF{epg@use italics for author}{itshape}{}%
        
        textcolor{epg@authorcolor}{epg@author}%
        
      endgroup
        
    }%
        
    ifepg@frame}fi
        
  }%
        
  globalletchd@printepigrafchd@bprintepigraf
        
  @ignoretrue
        
}
        

        
AtBeginDocument{%
        
  @ifundefined{@mainmattertrue}{newifif@mainmatter@mainmattertrue}{}%
        
}
        
new@def*chd@insertchaptertext#1{%
        
  begingroup
        
  ifboolTF{chd@make text raggedleft}{%
        
    raggedleft
        
  }{%
        
    hskipchd@texthskiprelax
        
  }%
        
  advanceleftmargin10em
        
  interlinepenalty@M
        
  vskipchd@textprevskiprelax
        
  fontsize{chd@textfontsize}{1.2chd@textfontsize}%
        
  usefont{chd@textfontencoding}{chd@textfontfamily}%
        
    {chd@textfontseries}{chd@textfontshape}%
        
  textcolor{chd@textcolor}{ignorespaces#1}%
        
  parnobreak
        
  vskipchd@textpostvskiprelax
        
  endgroup
        
}
        
new@def*chd@insertchapternumber{%
        
  begingroup
        
  ifnumc@secnumdepth>m@ne
        
    if@mainmatter
        
      vskipchd@numberprevskiprelax
        
      fontsize{chd@numberfontsize}{1.2chd@numberfontsize}%
        
      usefont{chd@numberfontencoding}{chd@numberfontfamily}%
        
        {chd@numberfontseries}{chd@numberfontshape}%
        
      usecsn{ifchd@frame number}fbox{fi
        
      textcolor{chd@numbercolor}{thechapter}%
        
      usecsn{ifchd@frame number}}fi
        
      parnobreak
        
      vskipchd@numberpostvskiprelax
        
    fi
        
  fi
        
  endgroup
        
}
        
renewcommandchapter[1]{%
        
  setkeys[CHD]{chapterhead}{#1}%
        
  ifboolTF{chd@no clear page}{}{%
        
    if@openrightcleardoublepageelseclearpagefi
        
  }%
        
  thispagestyle{chd@pagestyle}%
        
  global@topnumz@
        
  ifdefTFchd@printepigrafchd@printepigrafrelax
        
  @afterindentfalse
        
  secdef@chapter@schapter
        
}
        
renewcommand{@makechapterhead}[1]{%
        
  begingroup
        
    begingroup
        
      leavevmode
        
      ifboolTF{chd@make number raggedleft}{%
        
        raggedleft
        
      }{%
        
        hskipchd@numberhskiprelax
        
      }%
        
      ifboolTF{chd@print number before text}{%
        
        chd@insertchapternumberchd@insertchaptertext{#1}%
        
      }{%
        
        chd@insertchaptertext{#1}chd@insertchapternumber
        
      }%
        
    endgroup
        
    nobreak
        
  endgroup
        
}
        
renewcommand{@makeschapterhead}[1]{%
        
  begingroup
        
  letc@secnumdepthm@ne@makechapterhead{#1}%
        
  endgroup
        
}
        
newcommand*chd@bprintepigraf{%
        
  vskipepg@prevskip
        
  hskipepg@hskiprelax
        
  copychd@boxa
        
  vskipepg@postvskip
        
  globalletchd@printepigrafrelax
        
}
        
endinput
        
end{filecontents}
        

        
documentclass{book}
        
usepackage{chapterhead}
        
usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
        

        
begin{document}
        
epigraf[
        
  author={Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}},
        
  color=blue,
        
  width=.75hsize,
        
  use italics for author=false,
        
  fontsize=8pt,
        
  fontfamily=cmr,
        
  hskip=10em,
        
  postvskip=2ex,
        
  frame,
        
]{
        
  ``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
        
  come to an end; then stop.''
        
}
        

        
chapter[
        
  numberpostvskip=.2ex,
        
  numberfontseries=ux,
        
  numberfontfamily=cmbr,
        
  textfontseries=ex,
        
  textfontsize=50pt,
        
  textfontfamily=cmbr,
        
  textfontshape=it,% not obtainable because of other choices above
        
  textcolor=red,
        
  make text raggedleft=false,
        
  make number raggedleft=false,
        
  print number before text,
        
  no clear page
        
]{Graph Theory}
        

        
noindent The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. 
        
In the 1700s seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar 
        
to what you see in Figure ldots
        

        
parvskip3baselineskip
        
hrule height.5pt depth .4pt relax
        

        
epigraf[
        
  author={Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}},
        
  color=black,
        
  width=.75hsize,
        
  use italics for author,
        
  fontsize=8pt,
        
  fontfamily=cmr,
        
  hskip=-3em,
        
  prevskip=2ex,
        
  postvskip=2ex,
        
]{
        
  ``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
        
  come to an end; then stop.''
        
}
        

        
chapter[
        
  numberpostvskip=.2ex,
        
  numberfontseries=ux,
        
  numberfontfamily=cmbr,
        
  textfontseries=ex,
        
  textfontsize=50pt,
        
  textfontfamily=cmss,
        
  textfontshape=it,
        
  textcolor=Brown,
        
  numbercolor=ForestGreen,
        
  make text raggedleft,
        
  make number raggedleft,
        
  frame number,
        
  no clear page
        
]{Graph Theory}
        

        
noindent The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. 
        
In the 1700s seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar 
        
to what you see in Figure ldots
        
end{document}


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          7












          7








          7






          You can gain a finer control of the epigraph and chapter heading by the following package.



          begin{filecontents}{chapterhead.sty}
          
NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[2005/12/01]
          
ProvidesPackage{chapterhead}[2012/07/16 v0.0.1 Chapter head and epigraph (AM)]
          
RequirePackage{xkeyval}
          
RequirePackage{catoptions}
          
new@defchd@alltoendif#1endif{#1}
          
new@defchd@firsttoendif#1#2endif{#1}
          
new@def*chdifnumcmpTF#1#2#3{ifnumcmpTF#1#2{#3}}
          
% chdifchoice can be used to define choice keys via command keys:
          
new@def*chdifchoice{chdifcaseifstrcmpTF}
          
new@def*chdifcase#1#2{%
          
  ifstrcmpTF{#1}ifnone{%
          
    chd@alltoendif
          
  }{%
          
    ifstrcmpTF{#1}endif{}{%
          
      ifstrcmpTF{#2}ifnone{%
          
        chd@alltoendif
          
      }{%
          
        ifstrcmpTF{#2}endif{}{chd@ifcase{#1}{#2}}%
          
      }%
          
    }%
          
  }%
          
}
          
new@def*chd@ifcase#1#2#3{%
          
  ifstrcmpTF{#3}ifnone{%
          
    chd@alltoendif
          
  }{%
          
    ifstrcmpTF{#3}endif{}{%
          
      #1{#2}{#3}chd@firsttoendif{chd@ifcase@i{#1}{#2}}%
          
    }%
          
  }%
          
}
          
new@def*chd@ifcase@i#1#2#3{chd@ifcase{#1}{#2}}
          
define@cmdkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{prefix}[KV]{}
          
define@cmdkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{family}{}
          
define@cmdkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{holder prefix}[mp@]{}
          
define@boolkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{initialize}[true]{}
          
define@boolkey[DKV]{definekeys}[defkey@]{preset}[true]{}
          
% Keys not specified in the optional argument of chddefinekeys will
          
% get default values:
          
presetkeys[DKV]{definekeys}{prefix,family,holder prefix,
          
  initialize=false,preset=false}{}
          

          
robust@def*chddefinekeys{@testoptchd@definekeys{}}
          
new@def*chd@definekeys[#1]#2{%
          
  setkeys[DKV]{definekeys}{#1}%
          
  defdefkey@defaultlist{}%
          
  edefreserved@a{cptcommanormalize{#2}}%
          
  expandafterdefkey@loopreserved@a,defkey@nil,%
          
  ifboolTF{defkey@preset}{%
          
    cptexpanded{noexpandpresetkeys
          
      [defkey@prefix]{defkey@family}{expandcsoncedefkey@defaultlist}{}%
          
    }%
          
  }{}%
          
  ifboolTF{defkey@initialize}{%
          
    cptexpanded{noexpandsetkeys
          
      [defkey@prefix]{defkey@family}{expandcsoncedefkey@defaultlist}%
          
    }%
          
  }{}%
          
}
          
begingroup
          
lccode`&=1 catcode`&=7
          
lowercase{endgroup
          
  new@def*chd@rejecttoks{&}%
          
  new@def*defkey@loop#1,{%
          
    defreserved@a{defkey@nil}%
          
    edefreserved@b{cpttrimspace{#1}}%
          
    ifxreserved@areserved@bexpandafter@gobbleelseexpandafter@idenfi
          
    {defkey@splitatslash#1/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/defkey@nildefkey@loop}%
          
  }
          
}
          
new@def*chd@cmprejecttoks#1{ifx#1chd@rejecttokselseexpandcsonce#1fi}
          
new@def*defkey@splitatslash#1/#2/#3/#4/#5/#6/#7/#8/#9defkey@nil{%
          
  edefkeytype{cpttrimspace{#1}}%
          
  edefkeyname{cpttrimspace{#2}}%
          
  edefkeydefault{cpttrimspace{#3}}%
          
  edefkeycode{cpttrimspace{#4}}%
          
  ifxkeynamechd@rejecttoks
          
    @latexerr{Empty key name}@ehd
          
  fi
          
  defreserved@a##1{%
          
    defreserved@a####1##1####2####3@nil{%
          
      defreserved@a{####2}%
          
    }%
          
    reserved@a cmd{0}bool{1}@nil
          
  }%
          
  expandafterreserved@aexpandafter{keytype}%
          
  ifcasereserved@arelax
          
    letreserved@adefine@cmdkey
          
  or
          
    xifinsetTF{,cptoxdetokkeydefault,}{,detokenize{true,false},}{%
          
      letreserved@adefine@boolkey
          
    }{%
          
      @latexerr{Illegal default value 'cptoxdetokkeydefault'
          
        MessageBreak for bool key 'keyname'}@ehd
          
    }%
          
  else
          
    @latexerr{Illegal key type '#1'}@ehd
          
  fi
          
  cptexpanded{noexpandreserved@a
          
    [defkey@prefix]{defkey@family}[usecsn{defkey@holder prefix}]%
          
    {chd@cmprejecttokskeyname}%
          
    ifxkeydefaultchd@rejecttokselse[expandcsoncekeydefault]fi
          
    {chd@cmprejecttokskeycode}%
          
  }%
          
  edefdefkey@defaultlist{%
          
    ifxdefkey@defaultlist@emptyelseexpandcsoncedefkey@defaultlist,fi
          
    keyname
          
    ifxkeydefaultchd@rejecttokselse=%
          
      oifstrcmpTFkeytype{bool}{%
          
        oifstrcmpTFkeydefault{true}{false}{false}%
          
      }{%
          
        expandcsoncekeydefault
          
      }%
          
    fi
          
  }%
          
}
          
chddefinekeys[
          
  prefix=CHD,family=epigraf,holder prefix=epg@,initialize,preset
          
]{%
          
  cmd/width/hsize,
          
  cmd/author/,
          
  cmd/color/black,
          
  cmd/authorcolor/black,
          
  bool/use italics for author/true,
          
  cmd/fontencoding/encodingdefault,
          
  cmd/fontfamily/familydefault,
          
  cmd/fontseries/seriesdefault,
          
  cmd/fontshape/shapedefault,
          
  cmd/fontsize/10pt,
          
  cmd/hskip/0ex,
          
  cmd/prevskip/0ex,
          
  cmd/postvskip/1ex,
          
  bool/frame/true,
          
}
          
chddefinekeys[
          
  prefix=CHD,family=chapterhead,holder prefix=chd@,initialize,preset
          
]{%
          
  cmd/textcolor/black,
          
  cmd/textfontencoding/encodingdefault,
          
  cmd/textfontfamily/familydefault,
          
  cmd/textfontseries/eb,
          
  cmd/textfontshape/shapedefault,
          
  cmd/textfontsize/100pt,
          
  cmd/numberfontencoding/encodingdefault,
          
  cmd/numberfontfamily/familydefault,
          
  cmd/numberfontseries/eb,
          
  cmd/numberfontshape/shapedefault,
          
  cmd/numberfontsize/100pt,
          
%  cmd/leftmargin/leftmargin,
          
%  cmd/rightmargin/rightmargin,
          
  cmd/texthskip/0em,
          
  cmd/textprevskip/0ex,
          
  cmd/textpostvskip/1ex,
          
  cmd/numberprevskip/0ex,
          
  cmd/numberpostvskip/0ex,
          
  cmd/numberhskip/0em,
          
  cmd/numbercolor/black,
          
  cmd/pagestyle/empty,
          
  bool/make text raggedleft/true,
          
  bool/make number raggedleft/true,
          
  bool/print number before text/true,
          
  bool/frame number/true,
          
  bool/no clear page/true
          
}
          
newboxchd@boxa
          
newcommandepigraf[2]{%
          
  setkeys[CHD]{epigraf}{#1}%
          
  setboxchd@boxa=vbox{%
          
    ifepg@framefbox{fi
          
    parboxepg@width{%
          
      fontsize{epg@fontsize}{1.5epg@fontsize}%
          
      usefont{epg@fontencoding}{epg@fontfamily}%
          
        {epg@fontseries}{epg@fontshape}%
          
      ignorespaces
          
      textcolor{epg@color}{#2}%
          
      hspace*{fill}nolinebreak[1]%
          
      quadhspace*{fill}finalhyphendemeritsz@ptrelax
          
      begingroup
          
        ifboolTF{epg@use italics for author}{itshape}{}%
          
        textcolor{epg@authorcolor}{epg@author}%
          
      endgroup
          
    }%
          
    ifepg@frame}fi
          
  }%
          
  globalletchd@printepigrafchd@bprintepigraf
          
  @ignoretrue
          
}
          

          
AtBeginDocument{%
          
  @ifundefined{@mainmattertrue}{newifif@mainmatter@mainmattertrue}{}%
          
}
          
new@def*chd@insertchaptertext#1{%
          
  begingroup
          
  ifboolTF{chd@make text raggedleft}{%
          
    raggedleft
          
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    hskipchd@texthskiprelax
          
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  interlinepenalty@M
          
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        {chd@numberfontseries}{chd@numberfontshape}%
          
      usecsn{ifchd@frame number}fbox{fi
          
      textcolor{chd@numbercolor}{thechapter}%
          
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  global@topnumz@
          
  ifdefTFchd@printepigrafchd@printepigrafrelax
          
  @afterindentfalse
          
  secdef@chapter@schapter
          
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  begingroup
          
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      leavevmode
          
      ifboolTF{chd@make number raggedleft}{%
          
        raggedleft
          
      }{%
          
        hskipchd@numberhskiprelax
          
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      ifboolTF{chd@print number before text}{%
          
        chd@insertchapternumberchd@insertchaptertext{#1}%
          
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renewcommand{@makeschapterhead}[1]{%
          
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newcommand*chd@bprintepigraf{%
          
  vskipepg@prevskip
          
  hskipepg@hskiprelax
          
  copychd@boxa
          
  vskipepg@postvskip
          
  globalletchd@printepigrafrelax
          
}
          
endinput
          
end{filecontents}
          

          
documentclass{book}
          
usepackage{chapterhead}
          
usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
          

          
begin{document}
          
epigraf[
          
  author={Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}},
          
  color=blue,
          
  width=.75hsize,
          
  use italics for author=false,
          
  fontsize=8pt,
          
  fontfamily=cmr,
          
  hskip=10em,
          
  postvskip=2ex,
          
  frame,
          
]{
          
  ``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
          
  come to an end; then stop.''
          
}
          

          
chapter[
          
  numberpostvskip=.2ex,
          
  numberfontseries=ux,
          
  numberfontfamily=cmbr,
          
  textfontseries=ex,
          
  textfontsize=50pt,
          
  textfontfamily=cmbr,
          
  textfontshape=it,% not obtainable because of other choices above
          
  textcolor=red,
          
  make text raggedleft=false,
          
  make number raggedleft=false,
          
  print number before text,
          
  no clear page
          
]{Graph Theory}
          

          
noindent The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. 
          
In the 1700s seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar 
          
to what you see in Figure ldots
          

          
parvskip3baselineskip
          
hrule height.5pt depth .4pt relax
          

          
epigraf[
          
  author={Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}},
          
  color=black,
          
  width=.75hsize,
          
  use italics for author,
          
  fontsize=8pt,
          
  fontfamily=cmr,
          
  hskip=-3em,
          
  prevskip=2ex,
          
  postvskip=2ex,
          
]{
          
  ``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
          
  come to an end; then stop.''
          
}
          

          
chapter[
          
  numberpostvskip=.2ex,
          
  numberfontseries=ux,
          
  numberfontfamily=cmbr,
          
  textfontseries=ex,
          
  textfontsize=50pt,
          
  textfontfamily=cmss,
          
  textfontshape=it,
          
  textcolor=Brown,
          
  numbercolor=ForestGreen,
          
  make text raggedleft,
          
  make number raggedleft,
          
  frame number,
          
  no clear page
          
]{Graph Theory}
          

          
noindent The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. 
          
In the 1700s seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar 
          
to what you see in Figure ldots
          
end{document}


          enter image description here






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          You can gain a finer control of the epigraph and chapter heading by the following package.



          begin{filecontents}{chapterhead.sty}
          
NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[2005/12/01]
          
ProvidesPackage{chapterhead}[2012/07/16 v0.0.1 Chapter head and epigraph (AM)]
          
RequirePackage{xkeyval}
          
RequirePackage{catoptions}
          
new@defchd@alltoendif#1endif{#1}
          
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        chd@alltoendif
          
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}
          
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    chd@alltoendif
          
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% Keys not specified in the optional argument of chddefinekeys will
          
% get default values:
          
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  expandafterdefkey@loopreserved@a,defkey@nil,%
          
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      [defkey@prefix]{defkey@family}{expandcsoncedefkey@defaultlist}{}%
          
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new@def*chd@cmprejecttoks#1{ifx#1chd@rejecttokselseexpandcsonce#1fi}
          
new@def*defkey@splitatslash#1/#2/#3/#4/#5/#6/#7/#8/#9defkey@nil{%
          
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  edefkeydefault{cpttrimspace{#3}}%
          
  edefkeycode{cpttrimspace{#4}}%
          
  ifxkeynamechd@rejecttoks
          
    @latexerr{Empty key name}@ehd
          
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    letreserved@adefine@cmdkey
          
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      letreserved@adefine@boolkey
          
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      @latexerr{Illegal default value 'cptoxdetokkeydefault'
          
        MessageBreak for bool key 'keyname'}@ehd
          
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    @latexerr{Illegal key type '#1'}@ehd
          
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    [defkey@prefix]{defkey@family}[usecsn{defkey@holder prefix}]%
          
    {chd@cmprejecttokskeyname}%
          
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chddefinekeys[
          
  prefix=CHD,family=epigraf,holder prefix=epg@,initialize,preset
          
]{%
          
  cmd/width/hsize,
          
  cmd/author/,
          
  cmd/color/black,
          
  cmd/authorcolor/black,
          
  bool/use italics for author/true,
          
  cmd/fontencoding/encodingdefault,
          
  cmd/fontfamily/familydefault,
          
  cmd/fontseries/seriesdefault,
          
  cmd/fontshape/shapedefault,
          
  cmd/fontsize/10pt,
          
  cmd/hskip/0ex,
          
  cmd/prevskip/0ex,
          
  cmd/postvskip/1ex,
          
  bool/frame/true,
          
}
          
chddefinekeys[
          
  prefix=CHD,family=chapterhead,holder prefix=chd@,initialize,preset
          
]{%
          
  cmd/textcolor/black,
          
  cmd/textfontencoding/encodingdefault,
          
  cmd/textfontfamily/familydefault,
          
  cmd/textfontseries/eb,
          
  cmd/textfontshape/shapedefault,
          
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  cmd/numberfontfamily/familydefault,
          
  cmd/numberfontseries/eb,
          
  cmd/numberfontshape/shapedefault,
          
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%  cmd/rightmargin/rightmargin,
          
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  cmd/textprevskip/0ex,
          
  cmd/textpostvskip/1ex,
          
  cmd/numberprevskip/0ex,
          
  cmd/numberpostvskip/0ex,
          
  cmd/numberhskip/0em,
          
  cmd/numbercolor/black,
          
  cmd/pagestyle/empty,
          
  bool/make text raggedleft/true,
          
  bool/make number raggedleft/true,
          
  bool/print number before text/true,
          
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  bool/no clear page/true
          
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        {epg@fontseries}{epg@fontshape}%
          
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      hspace*{fill}nolinebreak[1]%
          
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        textcolor{epg@authorcolor}{epg@author}%
          
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AtBeginDocument{%
          
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new@def*chd@insertchaptertext#1{%
          
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  secdef@chapter@schapter
          
}
          
renewcommand{@makechapterhead}[1]{%
          
  begingroup
          
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      leavevmode
          
      ifboolTF{chd@make number raggedleft}{%
          
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      }{%
          
        hskipchd@numberhskiprelax
          
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renewcommand{@makeschapterhead}[1]{%
          
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newcommand*chd@bprintepigraf{%
          
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  vskipepg@postvskip
          
  globalletchd@printepigrafrelax
          
}
          
endinput
          
end{filecontents}
          

          
documentclass{book}
          
usepackage{chapterhead}
          
usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
          

          
begin{document}
          
epigraf[
          
  author={Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}},
          
  color=blue,
          
  width=.75hsize,
          
  use italics for author=false,
          
  fontsize=8pt,
          
  fontfamily=cmr,
          
  hskip=10em,
          
  postvskip=2ex,
          
  frame,
          
]{
          
  ``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
          
  come to an end; then stop.''
          
}
          

          
chapter[
          
  numberpostvskip=.2ex,
          
  numberfontseries=ux,
          
  numberfontfamily=cmbr,
          
  textfontseries=ex,
          
  textfontsize=50pt,
          
  textfontfamily=cmbr,
          
  textfontshape=it,% not obtainable because of other choices above
          
  textcolor=red,
          
  make text raggedleft=false,
          
  make number raggedleft=false,
          
  print number before text,
          
  no clear page
          
]{Graph Theory}
          

          
noindent The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. 
          
In the 1700s seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar 
          
to what you see in Figure ldots
          

          
parvskip3baselineskip
          
hrule height.5pt depth .4pt relax
          

          
epigraf[
          
  author={Lewis Carroll, textit{Alice in Wonderland}},
          
  color=black,
          
  width=.75hsize,
          
  use italics for author,
          
  fontsize=8pt,
          
  fontfamily=cmr,
          
  hskip=-3em,
          
  prevskip=2ex,
          
  postvskip=2ex,
          
]{
          
  ``Begin at the beginning,'' the King said, gravely, ``and go on till you
          
  come to an end; then stop.''
          
}
          

          
chapter[
          
  numberpostvskip=.2ex,
          
  numberfontseries=ux,
          
  numberfontfamily=cmbr,
          
  textfontseries=ex,
          
  textfontsize=50pt,
          
  textfontfamily=cmss,
          
  textfontshape=it,
          
  textcolor=Brown,
          
  numbercolor=ForestGreen,
          
  make text raggedleft,
          
  make number raggedleft,
          
  frame number,
          
  no clear page
          
]{Graph Theory}
          

          
noindent The Pregolya River passes through the city once known as K"onigsberg. 
          
In the 1700s seven bridges were situated across this river in a manner similar 
          
to what you see in Figure ldots
          
end{document}


          enter image description here







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          share|improve this answer



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          edited Jul 16 '12 at 15:40

























          answered Jul 16 '12 at 6:48









          Ahmed Musa

          9,10912053




          9,10912053























              1














              edit: on second look, my answer is highly similar to wondering's answer



              I wanted to do something similar, and came up with a simple and (imo) clean way of reproducing the style of the OP;



              documentclass{book}
              

              
begin{document}
              

              
chapter{Inspirational Quote}
              

              
begin{flushright}
              
rightskip=1.8cmtextit{``Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es.''} \
              
vspace{.2em}
              
rightskip=.8cm---Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
              
end{flushright}
              
vspace{1em}
              

              
noindent
              
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
              

              
end{document}


              (the additional rightskips + vspaces are just for prettiness sake).



              Which results in:



              this






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              • Unless you changed book.cls your code does not produce the outcome your picture shows.
                – clemens
                Sep 21 '16 at 11:39
















              1














              edit: on second look, my answer is highly similar to wondering's answer



              I wanted to do something similar, and came up with a simple and (imo) clean way of reproducing the style of the OP;



              documentclass{book}
              

              
begin{document}
              

              
chapter{Inspirational Quote}
              

              
begin{flushright}
              
rightskip=1.8cmtextit{``Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es.''} \
              
vspace{.2em}
              
rightskip=.8cm---Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
              
end{flushright}
              
vspace{1em}
              

              
noindent
              
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
              

              
end{document}


              (the additional rightskips + vspaces are just for prettiness sake).



              Which results in:



              this






              share|improve this answer























              • Unless you changed book.cls your code does not produce the outcome your picture shows.
                – clemens
                Sep 21 '16 at 11:39














              1












              1








              1






              edit: on second look, my answer is highly similar to wondering's answer



              I wanted to do something similar, and came up with a simple and (imo) clean way of reproducing the style of the OP;



              documentclass{book}
              

              
begin{document}
              

              
chapter{Inspirational Quote}
              

              
begin{flushright}
              
rightskip=1.8cmtextit{``Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es.''} \
              
vspace{.2em}
              
rightskip=.8cm---Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
              
end{flushright}
              
vspace{1em}
              

              
noindent
              
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
              

              
end{document}


              (the additional rightskips + vspaces are just for prettiness sake).



              Which results in:



              this






              share|improve this answer














              edit: on second look, my answer is highly similar to wondering's answer



              I wanted to do something similar, and came up with a simple and (imo) clean way of reproducing the style of the OP;



              documentclass{book}
              

              
begin{document}
              

              
chapter{Inspirational Quote}
              

              
begin{flushright}
              
rightskip=1.8cmtextit{``Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es.''} \
              
vspace{.2em}
              
rightskip=.8cm---Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
              
end{flushright}
              
vspace{1em}
              

              
noindent
              
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
              

              
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              • Unless you changed book.cls your code does not produce the outcome your picture shows.
                – clemens
                Sep 21 '16 at 11:39


















              • Unless you changed book.cls your code does not produce the outcome your picture shows.
                – clemens
                Sep 21 '16 at 11:39
















              Unless you changed book.cls your code does not produce the outcome your picture shows.
              – clemens
              Sep 21 '16 at 11:39




              Unless you changed book.cls your code does not produce the outcome your picture shows.
              – clemens
              Sep 21 '16 at 11:39











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              There is a package called "dirtytalk". Here is the code snippet:



              chapter{Graph Theory}
              
say{textit{Beginning at the beginning,}} textit{the King said gravely,}
              
say{textit{and go on till you come to the end; then stop.}} --- textit{Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland}


              enter image description here






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                There is a package called "dirtytalk". Here is the code snippet:



                chapter{Graph Theory}
                
say{textit{Beginning at the beginning,}} textit{the King said gravely,}
                
say{textit{and go on till you come to the end; then stop.}} --- textit{Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland}


                enter image description here






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                  There is a package called "dirtytalk". Here is the code snippet:



                  chapter{Graph Theory}
                  
say{textit{Beginning at the beginning,}} textit{the King said gravely,}
                  
say{textit{and go on till you come to the end; then stop.}} --- textit{Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland}


                  enter image description here






                  share|improve this answer












                  There is a package called "dirtytalk". Here is the code snippet:



                  chapter{Graph Theory}
                  
say{textit{Beginning at the beginning,}} textit{the King said gravely,}
                  
say{textit{and go on till you come to the end; then stop.}} --- textit{Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland}


                  enter image description here







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                  answered Jun 4 '16 at 18:15









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