Integrating sources (MLA) 1

Example

Miller explains that “[w]omen … are born with instinctual programming to love, support, protect and nurture their children, … but … are robbed of these instinctual abilities if … exploited in … childhood for the substitute gratification of … [parental] needs” (71).

According to Miller, women “are born with instinctual programming to love, support, protect and nurture their children.” These instincts, however, may be suppressed in women whose parents exploited them as children for the “substitute gratification” of their own needs (71).

The second answer relies less heavily on the language of the original source, so it avoids the many ellipses that make the first answer choppy and may make the reader wonder what has been left out.