Quote with top/bottom border

index.html

<div class="blockquote-wrapper">
  <div class="blockquote">
    <h1>
      Start before you are ready
     </h1>
    <h4>&mdash;Steven Pressfield</h4>
  </div>
</div>
  

quote-with-top-bottom-border.markdown

Quote with top/bottom border

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License.

style.css

body { 
  background-color: #52ACFF;
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(180deg, #52ACFF 25%, #FFE32C 100%);
  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(180deg, #52ACFF 25%, #FFE32C 100%);
  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(180deg, #52ACFF 25%, #FFE32C 100%);
 background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #52ACFF 25%, #FFE32C 100%);
 }


/* center the blockquote in the page */
.blockquote-wrapper {
   display: flex;
   height: 100vh;
   padding: 0 20px;
}

/* Blockquote main style */
.blockquote {
    position: relative;
    font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
    font-weight: 800;
    color: #ffffff;
    padding: 30px 0;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 500px;
    z-index: 1;
    margin: 80px auto;
    align-self: center;
    border-top: solid 1px;
    border-bottom: solid 1px;
}

/* Blockquote header */
.blockquote h1 {
    position: relative;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    font-size: 40px;
    font-weight: 800;
    line-height: 1;
    margin: 0;
}

/* Blockquote right double quotes */
.blockquote:after {
    position: absolute;
    content: "”";
    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);
    font-size: 10rem;
    line-height: 0;
    bottom: -43px;
    right: 30px;
}

/* increase header size after 600px */
@media all and (min-width: 600px) {
    .blockquote h1 {
        font-size: 60px;
   }

}

/* Blockquote subheader */
.blockquote h4 {
    position: relative;
    color: #292a2b;
    font-size: 1.4rem;
    font-weight: normal;
    line-height: 1;
    margin: 0;
    padding-top: 20px;
    z-index: 1;
}