if statement not respecting character '"' quotes at all:

I am trying this if statement:

if((character === ' ' && currentlyFormingPhrase.length === 0) || (character === '"' && currentlyFormingPhrase.length === 0))

even variations like this:

if((character === ' ' && currentlyFormingPhrase.length === 0) || (character === '\"' && currentlyFormingPhrase.length === 0))

if((character === ' ' && currentlyFormingPhrase.length === 0) || (character === "'" && currentlyFormingPhrase.length === 0))

if((character === ' ' && currentlyFormingPhrase.length === 0) || (character === "\'" && currentlyFormingPhrase.length === 0))

Don't work...

I still get outputs like this:

"” and that being around good people"

But I need:

"and that being around good people"

I am iterrating through every character but that does not matter for the question...