title: Python 3 Decoding Strings
body: <p>I understand that this is likely a repeat question, but I'm having trouble finding a solution.</p>
  
  <p>In short I have a string I'd like to decode:</p>
  
  <pre><code>raw = "\x94my quote\x94"
  string = decode(raw)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>expected from string</p>
  
  <pre><code>'"my quote"'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Last point of note is that I'm working with Python 3 so <code>raw</code> is unicode, and thus is already decoded. Given that, what exactly do I need to do to "decode" the <code>"\x94"</code> characters?</p>