# Pull Quote A pull quote is a short passage lifted from an article and displayed prominently in editorial layout. Editors often adjust a pull quote so it reads well outside its paragraph, demonstrating the practical need for a standalone surface. Atomic Markdown moves that decision upstream: the author specifies the transformation once inside the source so every downstream presentation can use the same controlled realization. Related: [[wiki/Author-Side Extraction|Author-Side Extraction]], [[wiki/Reader-Side Annotation|Reader-Side Annotation]], [[wiki/Transformational Extraction|Transformational Extraction]], [[wiki/Provenance|Provenance]].