Big Curly Blockquotes - by 1man on snipplr

blockquotes.css

blockquote {
  position: relative;
	text-indent: 2em;
}
 
.bqstart,
.bqend { font-size: 300%; }
 
/* apply IE specific rules first */
.bqstart {
	text-indent: 0;
	margin: -0.6em 0 -2em 0;
	float: left;
}
 
blockquote > .bqstart {
	/* add extra non-ie rules */
	position: absolute;
	top: -0.2em;
	left: 0;
	/* remove IE specific rules */
	float: none;
	margin: 0;
}
 
.bqend {
	position: absolute;
	margin-top: -0.6em;
	right: 0;
	text-indent: 0;
}
 
blockquote > .bqend {
	margin-top: -0.2em;
}