diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index a069e0ed6..90359ecd1 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -1562,6 +1562,9 @@
       text = ">>" + id + "\n";
       sel = window.getSelection();
       if ((s = sel.toString()) && id === ((_ref = $.x('ancestor-or-self::blockquote', sel.anchorNode)) != null ? _ref.id.match(/\d+$/)[0] : void 0)) {
+        if ($.engine === 'presto') {
+          s = d.getSelection();
+        }
         s = s.replace(/\n/g, '\n>');
         text += ">" + s + "\n";
       }
@@ -1571,7 +1574,7 @@
       ta.focus();
       range = caretPos + text.length;
       if ($.engine === 'presto') {
-        range++;
+        range += text.match(/\n/g).length;
       }
       ta.setSelectionRange(range, range);
       e = d.createEvent('Event');
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 3ddaadb87..0a69e51db 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1145,6 +1145,8 @@ QR =
 
     sel = window.getSelection()
     if (s = sel.toString()) and id is $.x('ancestor-or-self::blockquote', sel.anchorNode)?.id.match(/\d+$/)[0]
+      # XXX Opera needs d.getSelection() to retain linebreaks from the selected text
+      s = d.getSelection() if $.engine is 'presto'
       s = s.replace /\n/g, '\n>'
       text += ">#{s}\n"
 
@@ -1156,7 +1158,7 @@ QR =
     # Move the caret to the end of the new quote.
     range = caretPos + text.length
     # XXX Opera counts newlines as double
-    range++ if $.engine is 'presto'
+    range += text.match(/\n/g).length if $.engine is 'presto'
     ta.setSelectionRange range, range
 
     # Fire the 'input' event