"Inspirational" quote at start of chapter

Question

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.

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

Answer 1

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}

Answer 2

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."\par\raggedleft--- \textup{Lewis
Carroll}, Alice in Wonderland}

\end{document}

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

\documentclass{memoir}

\epigraphfontsize{\small\itshape}
\setlength\epigraphwidth{8cm}
\setlength\epigraphrule{0pt}

\begin{document}

\chapter{Graph Theory}

\epigraphfontsize{\small\itshape}
\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}

Answer 3

You can also do it yourself:

\documentclass{book}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\@chapapp}{}% Not necessary...
\newenvironment{chapquote}[2][2em]
  {\setlength{\@tempdima}{#1}%
   \def\chapquote@author{#2}%
   \parshape 1 \@tempdima \dimexpr\textwidth-2\@tempdima\relax%
   \itshape}
  {\par\normalfont\hfill--\ \chapquote@author\hspace*{\@tempdima}\par\bigskip}
\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".

Answer 4

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}

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{\thechapter\autodot}

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

\setchapterpreamble[uc][.75\textwidth]{%
\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}

Answer 5

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

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{quotchap}

\begin{document}

\begin{savequote}[0.55\linewidth]
``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}

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\qauthor{Bug Buster (2014 -- present)}

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\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)}

Answer 6

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
\def\fquote{%
    \@ifnextchar[{\fquote@i}{\fquote@i[]}%]
           }%
\def\fquote@i[#1]{%
    \def\tempa{#1}%
    \@ifnextchar[{\fquote@ii}{\fquote@ii[]}%]
                 }%
\def\fquote@ii[#1]{%
    \def\tempb{#1}%
    \@ifnextchar[{\fquote@iii}{\fquote@iii[]}%]
                      }%
\def\fquote@iii[#1]{%
    \def\tempc{#1}%
    \vspace{1em}%
    \noindent%
    \begin{list}{}{%
         \setlength{\leftmargin}{0.1\textwidth}%
         \setlength{\rightmargin}{0.1\textwidth}%
                  }%
         \item[]%
         \begin{picture}(0,0)%
         \put(-15,-5){\makebox(0,0){\scalebox{3}{\textcolor{quotemark}{``}}}}%
         \end{picture}%
         \begingroup\itshape}%
 %%%%********************************************************************
 \def\endfquote{%
 \endgroup\par%
 \makebox[0pt][l]{%
 \hspace{0.8\textwidth}%
 \begin{picture}(0,0)(0,0)%
 \put(15,15){\makebox(0,0){%
 \scalebox{3}{\color{quotemark}''}}}%
 \end{picture}}%
 \ifx\tempa\empty%
 \else%
    \ifx\tempc\empty%
       \hfill\rule{100pt}{0.5pt}\\\mbox{}\hfill\tempa,\ \emph{\tempb}%
   \else%
       \hfill\rule{100pt}{0.5pt}\\\mbox{}\hfill\tempa,\ \emph{\tempb},\ \tempc%
   \fi\fi\par%
   \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}

Answer 7

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}

Answer 8

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@def\chd@alltoendif#1\endif{#1}
\new@def\chd@firsttoendif#1#2\endif{#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{\chdifcase\ifstrcmpTF}
\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{\@testopt\chd@definekeys{}}
\new@def*\chd@definekeys[#1]#2{%
  \setkeys[DKV]{definekeys}{#1}%
  \def\defkey@defaultlist{}%
  \edef\reserved@a{\cptcommanormalize{#2}}%
  \expandafter\defkey@loop\reserved@a,\defkey@nil,%
  \ifboolTF{defkey@preset}{%
    \cptexpanded{\noexpand\presetkeys
      [\defkey@prefix]{\defkey@family}{\expandcsonce\defkey@defaultlist}{}%
    }%
  }{}%
  \ifboolTF{defkey@initialize}{%
    \cptexpanded{\noexpand\setkeys
      [\defkey@prefix]{\defkey@family}{\expandcsonce\defkey@defaultlist}%
    }%
  }{}%
}
\begingroup
\lccode`\&=1 \catcode`\&=7
\lowercase{\endgroup
  \new@def*\chd@rejecttoks{&}%
  \new@def*\defkey@loop#1,{%
    \def\reserved@a{\defkey@nil}%
    \edef\reserved@b{\cpttrimspace{#1}}%
    \ifx\reserved@a\reserved@b\expandafter\@gobble\else\expandafter\@iden\fi
    {\defkey@splitatslash#1/&/&/&/&/&/&/&/\defkey@nil\defkey@loop}%
  }
}
\new@def*\chd@cmprejecttoks#1{\ifx#1\chd@rejecttoks\else\expandcsonce#1\fi}
\new@def*\defkey@splitatslash#1/#2/#3/#4/#5/#6/#7/#8/#9\defkey@nil{%
  \edef\keytype{\cpttrimspace{#1}}%
  \edef\keyname{\cpttrimspace{#2}}%
  \edef\keydefault{\cpttrimspace{#3}}%
  \edef\keycode{\cpttrimspace{#4}}%
  \ifx\keyname\chd@rejecttoks
    \@latexerr{Empty key name}\@ehd
  \fi
  \def\reserved@a##1{%
    \def\reserved@a####1##1####2####3\@nil{%
      \def\reserved@a{####2}%
    }%
    \reserved@a cmd{0}bool{1}\@nil
  }%
  \expandafter\reserved@a\expandafter{\keytype}%
  \ifcase\reserved@a\relax
    \let\reserved@a\define@cmdkey
  \or
    \xifinsetTF{,\cptoxdetok\keydefault,}{,\detokenize{true,false},}{%
      \let\reserved@a\define@boolkey
    }{%
      \@latexerr{Illegal default value '\cptoxdetok\keydefault'
        \MessageBreak for bool key '\keyname'}\@ehd
    }%
  \else
    \@latexerr{Illegal key type '#1'}\@ehd
  \fi
  \cptexpanded{\noexpand\reserved@a
    [\defkey@prefix]{\defkey@family}[\usecsn{defkey@holder prefix}]%
    {\chd@cmprejecttoks\keyname}%
    \ifx\keydefault\chd@rejecttoks\else[\expandcsonce\keydefault]\fi
    {\chd@cmprejecttoks\keycode}%
  }%
  \edef\defkey@defaultlist{%
    \ifx\defkey@defaultlist\@empty\else\expandcsonce\defkey@defaultlist,\fi
    \keyname
    \ifx\keydefault\chd@rejecttoks\else=%
      \oifstrcmpTF\keytype{bool}{%
        \oifstrcmpTF\keydefault{true}{false}{false}%
      }{%
        \expandcsonce\keydefault
      }%
    \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
}
\newbox\chd@boxa
\newcommand\epigraf[2][]{%
  \setkeys[CHD]{epigraf}{#1}%
  \setbox\chd@boxa=\vbox{%
    \ifepg@frame\fbox{\fi
    \parbox\epg@width{%
      \fontsize{\epg@fontsize}{1.5\epg@fontsize}%
      \usefont{\epg@fontencoding}{\epg@fontfamily}%
        {\epg@fontseries}{\epg@fontshape}%
      \ignorespaces
      \textcolor{\epg@color}{#2}%
      \hspace*{\fill}\nolinebreak[1]%
      \quad\hspace*{\fill}\finalhyphendemerits\z@pt\relax
      \begingroup
        \ifboolTF{epg@use italics for author}{\itshape}{}%
        \textcolor{\epg@authorcolor}{\epg@author}%
      \endgroup
    }%
    \ifepg@frame}\fi
  }%
  \global\let\chd@printepigraf\chd@bprintepigraf
  \@ignoretrue
}

\AtBeginDocument{%
  \@ifundefined{@mainmattertrue}{\newif\if@mainmatter\@mainmattertrue}{}%
}
\new@def*\chd@insertchaptertext#1{%
  \begingroup
  \ifboolTF{chd@make text raggedleft}{%
    \raggedleft
  }{%
    \hskip\chd@texthskip\relax
  }%
  \advance\leftmargin10em
  \interlinepenalty\@M
  \vskip\chd@textprevskip\relax
  \fontsize{\chd@textfontsize}{1.2\chd@textfontsize}%
  \usefont{\chd@textfontencoding}{\chd@textfontfamily}%
    {\chd@textfontseries}{\chd@textfontshape}%
  \textcolor{\chd@textcolor}{\ignorespaces#1}%
  \par\nobreak
  \vskip\chd@textpostvskip\relax
  \endgroup
}
\new@def*\chd@insertchapternumber{%
  \begingroup
  \ifnum\c@secnumdepth>\m@ne
    \if@mainmatter
      \vskip\chd@numberprevskip\relax
      \fontsize{\chd@numberfontsize}{1.2\chd@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
      \par\nobreak
      \vskip\chd@numberpostvskip\relax
    \fi
  \fi
  \endgroup
}
\renewcommand\chapter[1][]{%
  \setkeys[CHD]{chapterhead}{#1}%
  \ifboolTF{chd@no clear page}{}{%
    \if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
  }%
  \thispagestyle{\chd@pagestyle}%
  \global\@topnum\z@
  \ifdefTF\chd@printepigraf\chd@printepigraf\relax
  \@afterindentfalse
  \secdef\@chapter\@schapter
}
\renewcommand{\@makechapterhead}[1]{%
  \begingroup
    \begingroup
      \leavevmode
      \ifboolTF{chd@make number raggedleft}{%
        \raggedleft
      }{%
        \hskip\chd@numberhskip\relax
      }%
      \ifboolTF{chd@print number before text}{%
        \chd@insertchapternumber\chd@insertchaptertext{#1}%
      }{%
        \chd@insertchaptertext{#1}\chd@insertchapternumber
      }%
    \endgroup
    \nobreak
  \endgroup
}
\renewcommand{\@makeschapterhead}[1]{%
  \begingroup
  \let\c@secnumdepth\m@ne\@makechapterhead{#1}%
  \endgroup
}
\newcommand*\chd@bprintepigraf{%
  \vskip\epg@prevskip
  \hskip\epg@hskip\relax
  \copy\chd@boxa
  \vskip\epg@postvskip
  \global\let\chd@printepigraf\relax
}
\endinput
\end{filecontents}

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

\begin{document}
\epigraf[
  author={Lewis Carroll, \textit{Alice in Wonderland}},
  color=blue,
  width=.75\hsize,
  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

\par\vskip3\baselineskip
\hrule height.5pt depth .4pt \relax

\epigraf[
  author={Lewis Carroll, \textit{Alice in Wonderland}},
  color=black,
  width=.75\hsize,
  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}

Answer 9

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=1.8cm\textit{``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:

Answer 10

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}