It looks like that is a signoff for the end of the article, not the author quoting himself. I think it's just continuation of quoting from the person who was qu

It looks like that is a signoff for the end of the article, not the author quoting himself. I think it's just continuation of quoting from the person who was quoted above. Slightly sloppy by not attributing the quote, but in context it seems fine. Combined with confusing signoff for the article.