Nonstandard quotation margins

Question

I would like to create a document with nonstandard quotation environment.

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The goal is that on odd pages quotations have to be indent on the left, and on even pages in opposite way (indent on the right).

EDIT:

The Thomas F. Sturm's solution works well, but there is a problem with footnotes inside the myquotation box (see my question). Do you have another idea how to solve this task?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '13 at 13:45

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Something like that?

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum,changepage}
\usepackage{parskip}
\usepackage[top=2cm,bottom=2cm,left=2cm,right=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}

\newtcolorbox{myquotation}{%
  blank,breakable,parbox=false,check odd page,left=2cm,
  toggle left and right}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1-4]

\begin{myquotation}
\lipsum[1-4]
\end{myquotation}

\lipsum[1-2]

\end{document}

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answered Jul 16 '13 at 13:45

Thomas F. Sturm

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Hehe! I was doing almost the exact same thing! – Gonzalo Medina Jul 16 '13 at 13:53
Should not csquotes be preferred here? – pluton Jul 16 '13 at 14:00
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@GonzaloMedina Seldom enough that I am faster than you ;-) – Thomas F. Sturm Jul 16 '13 at 14:26
@pluton I cannot say if csquotes has such a feature. It has a lot of features, but I could not find this one on a quick scan over the documentation. – Thomas F. Sturm Jul 16 '13 at 14:34
can't that widow be avoided, please? – barbara beeton Jul 16 '13 at 18:51
@barbarabeeton No, I fear that is not possible automatically. In the background, \vsplit is working and currently I see no automated way to get it controlling widows and orphans. – Thomas F. Sturm Jul 17 '13 at 08:08

Nonstandard quotation margins

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