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

sup
{
background-color:yellow;
}

blockquote {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  background: #eee;
  padding: 40px 30px 30px 60px;
  border-radius: 10px;
  font-family: 'Bitter', serif;
  color: #333;
  text-align: left;
  
  box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #999,
              2px 2px 1px #999,
              3px 3px 1px #999;
  transition-duration: .3s;
  
  span.author {
    position: relative;
    display: block;
    text-align: right;
    margin-top: 5px;
    color: #999;
    
    i {
      position: relative;
      background: #eee;
      padding-left: 5px;
      font-style: italic;
      z-index: 5;
    }
    
    &::before {
      display: block;
      content: "";
      position: absolute;
      top: 50%;
      left: 0;
      width: 100%;
      height: 1px;
      background: #ccc;
      z-index: 1;
    }
  }
  
  &:hover {
    box-shadow: 1px 1px 5px #999,
                2px 2px 6px #999,
                3px 3px 7px #999;
  }
  
  &::before {
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    top: 10px;
    left: 10px;
    content: "\"";
    font-family: 'Bitter', serif;
    font-size: 120px;
    color: #999
  }
}


/*. */

/*
*
* ==========================================
* CUSTOM UTIL CLASSES
* ==========================================
*
*/
.blockquote-custom {
  position: relative;
  font-size: 1.1rem;
}

.blockquote-custom-icon {
  width: 50px;
  height: 50px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  position: absolute;
  top: -25px;
  left: 50px;
}

sup
{
background-color:yellow;
}