Blockquote

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Overview

A blockquote is a styled quotation and citation offset from other text styles on the page.

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In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved.

Linus Torvalds Software Engineer

When to use

  • When you need to feature direct a quotation from an external source
  • When you need to highlight positive feedback or reviews from customers
  • When you need to break up large portions of text
Image of a blockquote including a quote icon, quotation text, and citation text

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