import itertools


def markdown_quote(text, quote='> '):
    """
    Blockquote a chunk of text.

    :param str text:
    :param str quote:
    :returns: text with markdown quotes
    :rtype: str
    """
    return ''.join(item
                   for pair in zip(
                       itertools.cycle([quote]), text.splitlines(True))
                   for item in pair)