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  <h1>Simple Blockquote Slickness</h1>
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  <blockquote>Here is a quote or a callout of some kind. Maybe a testimonial but it should be longer than shorter. Or you can just style the type bigger to compensate.</blockquote>
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    <p>Nullam quis risus eget urna mollis ornare vel eu leo. Sed posuere consectetur est at lobortis. Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. Nullam quis risus eget urna mollis ornare vel eu leo. Donec sed odio dui. Nullam id dolor id nibh ultricies vehicula ut id elit. Integer posuere erat a ante venenatis dapibus posuere velit aliquet.</p>
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@import "compass/css3";

@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Prata|Alegreya);

html,
body {
  height: 100%;
}

body {
	-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  font-family: 'Alegreya';
  font-size: 100%;
  letter-spacing: .05em;
  color: #555444;
  background-color: #fcfcf8;
  background-image: url('http://api.thumbr.it/whitenoise-12x12.png?background=fcfcf8ff&noise=f5f5f0&density=50&opacity=100');
  background-size: 200%;
  
  div {
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    left: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 50vmin -10vmin #000;
  }

  article {
    padding: 5vw 15vw;
    
    h1 {
      font-family: 'Prata';
      font-size: 5vw;
  		text-shadow: 0 -.0125em .05em #eeeedd;
		letter-spacing: 0;
    }
    
    section {
		margin-top: 5rem;
      column-count: 3;
      column-gap: 2em;

      p {
        margin: 0;
        text-indent: 1em;
        font-size: 1rem;
        text-align: justify;
        
        &:first-child {
          text-indent: 0;
        }
      }
    }
      
    blockquote {

      $gap: .75em;
      
      position: relative;
      margin: 1em 0;
      padding: $gap;
      font-family: 'Prata';
      font-style: italic;
      font-size: 2rem;
  		text-shadow: 0 -.0125em .05em #eeeedd;
      
      &:before,
      &:after {
          content: ' ';
          position: absolute;
          top: 0;
          width: $gap;
          height: 100%;
          border: 1px solid #444;
      }
      
      &:before {
          left: -$gap;
          border-right: 0;
      }
      
      &:after {
          right: -$gap;
          border-left: 0;
      }
    }
  }
}

@media (max-width: 768px) {





}
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