diff --git a/src/hieroglyph/tests/test_translator.py b/src/hieroglyph/tests/test_translator.py
index 85e0329..71a2901 100644
--- a/src/hieroglyph/tests/test_translator.py
+++ b/src/hieroglyph/tests/test_translator.py
@@ -374,3 +374,68 @@ def test_rst_quote_makes_quote_slide(self):
                 '\n\n\n\n\n</article>',
             ],
         )
+
+    def test_unattributed_rst_quote_makes_quote_slide(self):
+        document = util.make_document(
+            'quoted',
+            """\
+.. slide:: Quotes
+ :level: 2
+
+   reStructuredText quotes are automatically converted
+
+""",
+        )
+        translator = SlideTranslator(
+            self.builder,
+            document,
+        )
+
+        document.walkabout(translator)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            translator.body,
+            [
+                u'\n<article class="admonition-quotes slide level-2">\n\n'
+                '<h2>Quotes</h2>\n\n'
+                '<q>\n'
+                'reStructuredText quotes are automatically converted</q>\n'
+                '\n\n\n\n</article>',
+            ],
+        )
+
+    def test_rst_quote_processes_normally_with_extra_content(self):
+        document = util.make_document(
+            'quoted',
+            """\
+.. slide:: Indented RST
+ :level: 2
+
+   This text is over indented.
+
+   As is this text.
+
+   They look like quotes but they're not.
+
+""",
+        )
+        translator = SlideTranslator(
+            self.builder,
+            document,
+        )
+
+        document.walkabout(translator)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            translator.body,
+            [
+                u'\n<article class="admonition-indented-rst slide level-2">\n\n'
+                '<h2>Indented RST</h2>\n\n'
+                '<blockquote>\n'
+                '<div><p>This text is over indented.</p>\n'
+                '<p>As is this text.</p>\n'
+                '<p>They look like quotes but they\'re not.</p>\n'
+                '</div></blockquote>\n'
+                '\n\n\n\n</article>',
+            ],
+        )
diff --git a/src/hieroglyph/writer.py b/src/hieroglyph/writer.py
index 20b3597..044c177 100644
--- a/src/hieroglyph/writer.py
+++ b/src/hieroglyph/writer.py
@@ -264,33 +264,37 @@ def depart_title(self, node):
             self.body.append(title)
 
     def visit_block_quote(self, node):
-        # first child must be a paragraph, process it as a <q> element
-        p = node.children[0]
-        if p.tagname != 'paragraph':
-            raise ValueError("The first child of a quote must be a paragraph")
-        self.body.append(self.starttag(node, 'q'))
-        for text_item in p:
-            text_item.walkabout(self)
-        self.body.append('</q>\n')
-
-        if len(node.children) > 2:
-            raise ValueError("A quote can only have 2 children, the quote text"
-                             " and an attribution")
-        # optional second child must be an attribution, processing as a <div>
-        # following the <q>
-        if len(node.children) > 1:
-            attr = node.children[1]
-            if attr.tagname != 'attribution':
-                raise ValueError("The second child of a quote must be"
-                                 " an attribution")
-
-            self.body.append(self.starttag(attr, 'div', CLASS="author"))
-            for text_item in attr:
+        quote_slide_tags = ['paragraph', 'attribution']
+
+        # see if this looks like a quote slide
+        if (len(node.children) <= 2 and
+            [c.tagname for c in node.children] == quote_slide_tags[:len(node.children)]):
+
+            # process this as a quote slide
+
+            # first child must be a paragraph, process it as a <q> element
+            p = node.children[0]
+            self.body.append(self.starttag(node, 'q'))
+            for text_item in p:
                 text_item.walkabout(self)
-            self.body.append('</div>\n')
+                self.body.append('</q>\n')
+
+            # optional second child must be an attribution, processing as a <div>
+            # following the <q>
+            if len(node.children) > 1:
+                attr = node.children[1]
+
+                self.body.append(self.starttag(attr, 'div', CLASS="author"))
+                for text_item in attr:
+                    text_item.walkabout(self)
+                    self.body.append('</div>\n')
+
+            # skip all normal processing
+            raise nodes.SkipNode
+
+        else:
+            return HTMLTranslator.visit_block_quote(self, node)
 
-        # skip all normal processing
-        raise nodes.SkipNode
 
 class SlideTranslator(BaseSlideTranslator):