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		GuiA on April 3, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A sudden loss of wealth may be hazardous to health > If there were any sensible way to quote on HN, I'd surely use that instead. Could you suggest an alternative? Surround the quote with asterisks, and prefix it with > to get the result above.

amalcon on April 3, 2018 [–]

I never thought about using one greater-than sign to signal that it is a quote, and italics to denote the end of the quote. Thanks, updated.

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