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HTML

<div id="quote"></div>
<div id="author"></div>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
  
  let quote;
  let author;
  
  $.getJSON ("https://api.forismatic.com/api/1.0/?method=getQuote&lang=en&format=jsonp&jsonp=?", (json) => {
      quote = json.quoteText.replace(/;/g, ',');
      author = json.quoteAuthor;  
      $( "#quote" ).html(quote);
      if (author !== "") {
        $( "#author" ).html("– " + author);
      }
    });
  
});