diff --git a/assets/css/common/_base.scss b/assets/css/common/_base.scss
index 6dffbead..bb7849a8 100644
--- a/assets/css/common/_base.scss
+++ b/assets/css/common/_base.scss
@@ -230,10 +230,20 @@ hr {
 blockquote {
   margin: 1em 2em;
   border: 1px dotted $foreground_color;
-  padding: 1em;
+  padding: var(--padding-small);
   background-color: inherit;
 }
 
+blockquote .paragraph {
+  &:first-child {
+    margin-top: 0;
+  }
+
+  &:last-child {
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+  }
+}
+
 // Prevent blockquote from gaining far too much indentation and breaking.
 blockquote blockquote blockquote blockquote blockquote blockquote {
   margin: 1em 0;