diff --git a/themes/lix/assets/scss/shared/_blockquote.scss b/themes/lix/assets/scss/shared/_blockquote.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9dd765e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/lix/assets/scss/shared/_blockquote.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+@use 'sass:color';
+
+$blockquote-y-padding: 0.7rem;
+
+blockquote {
+  border-left-color: desaturate($primary, 20%);
+  border-left-width: 0.4rem;
+  border-left-style: solid;
+  padding-left: 0.5rem;
+  padding-top: $blockquote-y-padding;
+  padding-bottom: $blockquote-y-padding;
+
+  >:first-child {
+    margin-top: 0;
+  }
+
+  >:last-child {
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/themes/lix/assets/scss/shared/_code.scss b/themes/lix/assets/scss/shared/_code.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7b2df92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/lix/assets/scss/shared/_code.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+$code-colour: darken($light, 5%);
+pre {
+  background-color: $code-colour;
+  padding: 0.8rem;
+  border-radius: 0.5rem;
+}
+:not(pre)>code {
+  background-color: $code-colour;
+  font-size: 0.85em;
+  padding: 0.2em;
+  border-radius: 0.3em;
+}
diff --git a/themes/lix/assets/scss/shared/shared.scss b/themes/lix/assets/scss/shared/shared.scss
index ba9e5ae9..6b5dcf48 100644
--- a/themes/lix/assets/scss/shared/shared.scss
+++ b/themes/lix/assets/scss/shared/shared.scss
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 @import "fonts";
 @import "utilities";
 
+@import "blockquote";
+@import "code";
 @import "header";
 @import "footer";
 @import "buttons";