$barWidth: 20px;

.pullQuote {
  font-size: var(--step-1);
  line-height: 1.2;
  font-style: italic;
  position: relative;
  padding-inline-start: calc(#{$barWidth} + 1em);
  padding-block: 0.2em;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 0.2em;

  &:before {
    content: "";
    top: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: $barWidth;
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    background-color: var(--blue);
  }
}
.pullQuote__attribution {
  &:before {
    content: "\2014\00a0";
  }
}