I need to place two blockquotes in sequence, however markdown combines them into a single blockquote. The only way I can get them to separate is placing some junk text between them. As this textfield allows me to use Markdown I can demonstrate:
> First Quote
> Second Quote
Results in:
First Quote
Second Quote
While using junk text:
> First Quote
.
> Second Quote
Results in:
First Quote
.
Second Quote
I cannot use HTML tags or HTML entities. Only Markdown.
You can separate blockquotes without html elements by using comment markup <!-- -->
with an extra whiteline between the blocks:
> Imagination is more important than knowledge.
<!-- -->
> Never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
<!-- -->
> Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Of course you can use any HTML elements you like as well (as noted by @pepoloan):
> Imagination is more important than knowledge.
<div></div>
> Never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
<div></div>
> Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
An empty header, #
, followed by a space also works.
> Hello World
#
> Goodbye world
Unfortunately it isn't much better than <!-- -->
But I kind of like it more, and use it.
>If I try a non breaking space
>it line breaks; don't ask me how
Result:
If I try a non breaking space
it line breaks; don't ask me how
Try this:
Use a U+200B character in-between the quotes, which is defined as a zero-length space to break up the quotes.
> Quote
> Quote
It looks like this:
> Quote
> Quote
You could use pandoc, which parses your original input as two consecutive blockquotes.