diff --git a/src/toad/line_blocks.py b/src/toad/line_blocks.py
index 3c9f887cc..11a2e8927 100644
--- a/src/toad/line_blocks.py
+++ b/src/toad/line_blocks.py
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ class OutgoingRole(LineRole):
     colour = SuccessColour
 
 
+class GreenTextRole(LineRole):
+    """A quoted line, drawn as greentext."""
+
+    colour = SuccessColour
+
+
 class NoticeRole(LineRole):
     colour = WarningColour
 
diff --git a/src/toad/markdown_links.py b/src/toad/markdown_links.py
index 91b237c63..43618e003 100644
--- a/src/toad/markdown_links.py
+++ b/src/toad/markdown_links.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import re
 from abc import abstractmethod
-from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from functools import partial
 from pathlib import Path
 from threading import local
@@ -77,10 +77,28 @@ def matches(self, text: str):
         return sorted(found)
 
 
+class JoinedLines:
+    """Paragraph source lines join with a space, as Markdown draws them."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def softbreak(token: Token) -> Token:
+        return token
+
+
+class QuotedLines(JoinedLines):
+    """Every quoted source line stays its own line, as greentext."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def softbreak(token: Token) -> Token:
+        return Token("hardbreak", "br", 0)
+
+
 @dataclass(slots=True)
 class _ProjectTokens:
     links: LinkContext
     linked: int = 0
+    # The innermost open block decides how a source newline inside it is drawn.
+    lines: list[type[JoinedLines]] = field(default_factory=lambda: [JoinedLines])
 
 
 class ProjectTokenRule(DeclaredFamily, affix="TokenRule"):
@@ -93,10 +111,30 @@ class InlineTokenRule(ProjectTokenRule):
     @classmethod
     def resolve(cls, renderer: ProjectTokenRenderer, token: Token, context: _ProjectTokens):
         if token.children:
-            token.children = renderer.resolve(token.children, _ProjectTokens(context.links))
+            token.children = renderer.resolve(token.children, _ProjectTokens(context.links, lines=context.lines))
+        return [token]
+
+
+class BlockquoteOpenTokenRule(ProjectTokenRule):
+    @classmethod
+    def resolve(cls, renderer: ProjectTokenRenderer, token: Token, context: _ProjectTokens):
+        context.lines.append(QuotedLines)
+        return [token]
+
+
+class BlockquoteCloseTokenRule(ProjectTokenRule):
+    @classmethod
+    def resolve(cls, renderer: ProjectTokenRenderer, token: Token, context: _ProjectTokens):
+        context.lines.pop()
         return [token]
 
 
+class SoftbreakTokenRule(ProjectTokenRule):
+    @classmethod
+    def resolve(cls, renderer: ProjectTokenRenderer, token: Token, context: _ProjectTokens):
+        return [context.lines[-1].softbreak(token)]
+
+
 class LinkOpenTokenRule(ProjectTokenRule):
     @classmethod
     def resolve(cls, renderer: ProjectTokenRenderer, token: Token, context: _ProjectTokens):
diff --git a/src/toad/markdown_preparation.py b/src/toad/markdown_preparation.py
index f1650f80b..2987e483d 100644
--- a/src/toad/markdown_preparation.py
+++ b/src/toad/markdown_preparation.py
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 
 from markdown_it.token import Token
 from rich.console import Console
-from rich.markdown import CodeBlock, Markdown
+from rich.markdown import BlockQuote, CodeBlock, Markdown
 from rich.padding import Padding
+from rich.segment import Segment
 from rich.syntax import Syntax
+from toad.line_blocks import GreenTextRole
 from toad.markdown_links import MessageMarkdownParser, parse_markdown_syntax
 
 
@@ -24,9 +26,27 @@ def __rich_console__(self, console, options):
         yield Padding(self.text, 1, style=self.text.style)
 
 
+class GreenText(BlockQuote):
+    """A quoted line keeps its `>` and reads in the greentext role's colour."""
+
+    def on_enter(self, context):
+        self.style = context.enter_style(context.console.line_theme.style(GreenTextRole))
+
+    def __rich_console__(self, console, options):
+        marker, new_line = Segment("> ", self.style), Segment("\n")
+        for line in console.render_lines(self.elements, options.update(width=options.max_width - 2), style=self.style):
+            yield marker
+            yield from line
+            yield new_line
+
+
 class MarkdownStyleConsole(Console):
     """Rich builds its styled element tree; width-dependent rendering runs later."""
 
+    def __init__(self, line_theme, **options):
+        super().__init__(color_system=line_theme.color_system, **options)
+        self.line_theme = line_theme
+
     def render(self, renderable, options=None):
         self.parts.append(renderable)
         return iter(())
@@ -34,7 +54,8 @@ def render(self, renderable, options=None):
     def prepare(self, text, context):
         self.parts = []
         markdown = Markdown("")
-        markdown.elements = {**markdown.elements, "fence": StyledCodeBlock, "code_block": StyledCodeBlock}
+        markdown.elements = {**markdown.elements, "fence": StyledCodeBlock, "code_block": StyledCodeBlock,
+                             "blockquote_open": GreenText}
         markdown.parsed = MessageMarkdownParser(context).parse(text)
         for segment in markdown.__rich_console__(self, self.options):
             self.parts.append(segment)
diff --git a/src/toad/widgets/transcript_lines.py b/src/toad/widgets/transcript_lines.py
index c5d26db72..d454e6edf 100644
--- a/src/toad/widgets/transcript_lines.py
+++ b/src/toad/widgets/transcript_lines.py
@@ -729,9 +729,7 @@ def body(self, block: Body) -> LineBlock:
         return block.prepare(self.markdown)
 
     def markdown(self, block: Body) -> StyledBody:
-        console = MarkdownStyleConsole(
-            force_terminal=True, file=io.StringIO(), color_system=self.preparation.theme.color_system
-        )
+        console = MarkdownStyleConsole(self.preparation.theme, force_terminal=True, file=io.StringIO())
         return StyledBody(block, console.prepare(block.text, self.context))
 
     @handles(WireBody)