On the one hand, yes.

On the other hand, even if it is unnecessary effort, spelling it out can be a form of rhetorical emphasis distinct from simply putting it in quotes.

Some people just slept in the day they were handing out common sense.

I envy you the beauty sleep.

Damn this meme image is crisp as fuck.

go further. Further cowards.

We adopted Penny and two others from the same litter and named them all after Beatles songs, so there is Penny (Lane), her brother Rocky (Racoon) and their sister who is either Honey Pie or Wild Honey Pie if it is during her freakout time.

Honey’s hind legs don’t work much but don’t try telling her she can’t do something the other cats can do

Rocky has a heart defect and will have a shorter life so we are packing all the love and joy and spoiling we can into whatever time we have with him.