diff --git a/GithubMarkdown.php b/GithubMarkdown.php
index 23c9d1a..bc9e73d 100644
--- a/GithubMarkdown.php
+++ b/GithubMarkdown.php
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ protected function consumeParagraph($lines, $current)
 					$this->identifyFencedCode($line, $lines, $i) ||
 					$this->identifyUl($line, $lines, $i) ||
 					$this->identifyOl($line, $lines, $i) ||
-					$this->identifyHr($line, $lines, $i)
+					$this->identifyHr($line, $lines, $i) ||
+					$this->identifyHtml($line, $lines, $i)
 				)
 				|| $this->identifyHeadline($line, $lines, $i))
 			{
diff --git a/Markdown.php b/Markdown.php
index 32c9b0f..a369ea0 100644
--- a/Markdown.php
+++ b/Markdown.php
@@ -92,9 +92,17 @@ protected function consumeParagraph($lines, $current)
 				break;
 			}
 
-			if ($line === '' || ltrim($line) === '' || $this->identifyHeadline($line, $lines, $i)) {
+			if (
+				$line === '' ||
+				ltrim($line) === '' ||
+				!ctype_alpha($line[0]) && (
+					$this->identifyQuote($line, $lines, $i) ||
+					$this->identifyHr($line, $lines, $i) ||
+					$this->identifyHtml($line, $lines, $i)
+				)
+				|| $this->identifyHeadline($line, $lines, $i)) {
 				break;
-			} elseif ($line[0] === "\t" || $line[0] === " " && strncmp($line, '    ', 4) === 0) {
+			} elseif ($this->identifyCode($line, $lines, $i)) {
 				// possible beginning of a code block
 				// but check for continued inline HTML
 				// e.g. <img src="file.jpg"
diff --git a/tests/github-data/dense-block-markers.html b/tests/github-data/dense-block-markers.html
index daac5ed..8d4edd5 100644
--- a/tests/github-data/dense-block-markers.html
+++ b/tests/github-data/dense-block-markers.html
@@ -50,3 +50,10 @@ <h2>changelog 2</h2>
 <ul>
 <li>17-Feb-2013 re-design</li>
 </ul>
+<p>paragraph</p>
+<blockquote><p>quote</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>paragraph</p>
+<hr />
+<p>paragraph</p>
+<div>html block</div>
diff --git a/tests/github-data/dense-block-markers.md b/tests/github-data/dense-block-markers.md
index ea365b8..db09cf8 100644
--- a/tests/github-data/dense-block-markers.md
+++ b/tests/github-data/dense-block-markers.md
@@ -53,4 +53,13 @@ headline2
 
 ----
 ## changelog 2
-* 17-Feb-2013 re-design
\ No newline at end of file
+* 17-Feb-2013 re-design
+
+paragraph
+> quote
+
+paragraph
+- - -
+
+paragraph
+<div>html block</div>
diff --git a/tests/markdown-data/dense-block-markers.html b/tests/markdown-data/dense-block-markers.html
index 964949c..14cbcae 100644
--- a/tests/markdown-data/dense-block-markers.html
+++ b/tests/markdown-data/dense-block-markers.html
@@ -48,3 +48,10 @@ <h2>changelog 2</h2>
 <ul>
 <li>17-Feb-2013 re-design</li>
 </ul>
+<p>paragraph</p>
+<blockquote><p>quote</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>paragraph</p>
+<hr />
+<p>paragraph</p>
+<div>html block</div>
diff --git a/tests/markdown-data/dense-block-markers.md b/tests/markdown-data/dense-block-markers.md
index ea365b8..db09cf8 100644
--- a/tests/markdown-data/dense-block-markers.md
+++ b/tests/markdown-data/dense-block-markers.md
@@ -53,4 +53,13 @@ headline2
 
 ----
 ## changelog 2
-* 17-Feb-2013 re-design
\ No newline at end of file
+* 17-Feb-2013 re-design
+
+paragraph
+> quote
+
+paragraph
+- - -
+
+paragraph
+<div>html block</div>
diff --git a/tests/markdown-data/images.html b/tests/markdown-data/images.html
index e7c7679..96eb56f 100644
--- a/tests/markdown-data/images.html
+++ b/tests/markdown-data/images.html
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <img src="https://secure.travis-ci.org/cebe/markdown.png" alt="Build Status" title="test1" /></p>
 <p>Here is an image tag: <img src="https://poser.pugx.org/cebe/markdown/downloads.png" alt="Total Downloads" />.</p>
 <p>Images inside of links:
-<a href="https://packagist.org/packages/cebe/markdown"><img src="https://poser.pugx.org/cebe/markdown/downloads.png" alt="Total Downloads" /></a>
+<a href="https://packagist.org/packages/cebe/markdown"><img src="https://poser.pugx.org/cebe/markdown/downloads.png" alt="Total Downloads" /></a></p>
 <!-- [![Scrutinizer Quality Score](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/cebe/markdown/badges/quality-score.png?s=17448ca4d140429fd687c58ff747baeb6568d528)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/cebe/markdown/) -->
-<a href="http://travis-ci.org/cebe/markdown"><img src="https://secure.travis-ci.org/cebe/markdown.png" alt="Build Status" title="test2" /></a>
+<p><a href="http://travis-ci.org/cebe/markdown"><img src="https://secure.travis-ci.org/cebe/markdown.png" alt="Build Status" title="test2" /></a>
 <a href="http://travis-ci.org/cebe/markdown" title="test4"><img src="https://secure.travis-ci.org/cebe/markdown.png" alt="Build Status" title="test3" /></a></p>
 <p>This is not an image: ![[ :-)</p>
 <p>This is not an image: ![[ :-)]]</p>