I don't know whats in your database, but it could be html, for example <!-- you won't see this in your browser --> I reccomend you use

use CGI;
print join '<br />', map { CGI->escapeHTML($_) } @Quote;
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So last time I asked this question all I got was commits on how my perl code was not “proper”

You gave the world commit permission? I would change that quick :p