diff --git a/.emacs.d/lisp/patch-lispy.el b/.emacs.d/lisp/patch-lispy.el
index f2af9e87..fd5ac94f 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/lisp/patch-lispy.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/lisp/patch-lispy.el
@@ -8,4 +8,42 @@
 (push '(sly-mrepl-mode . ("[[:space:]]" "[#`',.@]+" "#[0-9]*" "#[.,Ss+-]" "#[0-9]+[=Aa]"))
       lispy-parens-preceding-syntax-alist)
 
+;; REVIEW: https://github.com/abo-abo/lispy/issues/597
+;; #:foo: Space should be inserted before when pressing `"`.
+;; #foo: Space should NOT be inserted before when pressing `"`.
+(defun lispy-quotes (arg)
+  "Insert a pair of quotes around the point.
+
+When the region is active, wrap it in quotes instead.
+When inside string, if ARG is nil quotes are quoted,
+otherwise the whole string is unquoted."
+  (interactive "P")
+  (let (bnd)
+    (cond ((region-active-p)
+           (if arg
+               (lispy-unstringify)
+             (lispy-stringify)))
+          ((and (setq bnd (lispy--bounds-string))
+                (not (= (point) (car bnd))))
+           (if arg
+               (lispy-unstringify)
+             (if (and lispy-close-quotes-at-end-p (looking-at "\""))
+                 (forward-char 1)
+                 (progn (insert "\\\"\\\""))
+               (backward-char 2))))
+
+          (arg
+           (lispy-stringify))
+
+          ((lispy-after-string-p "?\\")
+           (self-insert-command 1))
+
+          (t
+           (lispy--space-unless "^\\|\\s-\\|\\s(\\|[#][^[:space:]():]*")
+           (insert "\"\"")
+           (unless (looking-at "\n\\|)\\|}\\|\\]\\|$")
+             (just-one-space)
+             (backward-char 1))
+           (backward-char)))))
+
 (provide 'patch-lispy)