# re_quotify.py

# re_quotify.py

import re

def re_quotify(text):
    pattern = r'"""[^"]*"""|"[^"]*"|\'[^\']*\'|\S+|\s+|\\[ntrbf\\"\']'
    matches = re.findall(pattern, text)
    final = []
    sss = ''
    while matches:
        s = matches.pop(0)
        if s.startswith(('"', "'")):
            if s == '""':
                s += matches.pop(0)
            final += [sss, s]
            sss = ''
        else:
            sss += s
    return final + [sss]

text = 'This is "a sample" text\nwith\tmultiple\rstrings and """special characters: \', \", \\, \b, \f.)"""\n"""This is a\nmultiline\nstring."""\nThis is \'a single-quoted\' string.'
text += '''\nI'M ALSO GLAD IT'S GREAT AT IGNORING APOSTROPHES.'''
strings = re_quotify(text)
print(strings)