diff --git a/pelican/themes/notmyidea/static/css/main.css b/pelican/themes/notmyidea/static/css/main.css
index f841c463..d3973383 100644
--- a/pelican/themes/notmyidea/static/css/main.css
+++ b/pelican/themes/notmyidea/static/css/main.css
@@ -106,9 +106,24 @@ pre{background-color:  rgb(238, 238, 238); padding: 10px; margin: 10px; overflow
 
 /* Quotes */
 blockquote {
-    margin: 20px;
-    font-style: italic;
+  background: #f9f9f9;
+  border-left: 10px solid #ccc;
+  margin: 1.5em 10px;
+  padding: 0.5em 10px;
+  quotes: "\201C""\201D""\2018""\2019";
 }
+blockquote:before {
+  color: #ccc;
+  content: open-quote;
+  font-size: 4em;
+  line-height: 0.1em;
+  margin-right: 0.25em;
+  vertical-align: -0.4em;
+}
+blockquote p {
+  display: inline;
+}
+
 cite {}
 
 q {}