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HTML
<figure class="cbq-highlight">
  <blockquote>
    <p>
      Most teams optimize for <mark>shipping faster</mark> when they should be optimizing for
      <mark>shipping smaller</mark>.
    </p>
  </blockquote>
  <figcaption>— Sara López, Engineering Manager</figcaption>
</figure>
CSS
.cbq-highlight {
  max-width: 360px;
  padding: 16px 4px;
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  color: #e9e7ff;
}

.cbq-highlight blockquote {
  margin: 0;
}

.cbq-highlight p {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 18px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  font-weight: 500;
}

.cbq-highlight mark {
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, transparent 55%, rgba(124, 108, 255, 0.55) 55%);
  color: inherit;
  padding: 0 2px;
  border-radius: 2px;
}

.cbq-highlight figcaption {
  margin-top: 12px;
  font-size: 12px;
  color: #b8b6d4;
  font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
}