<blockquote cite="46 Encouraging Quotes For Web Developers">

    <select name="things">
      <option class="Things1">Things</option>
      <option class="Things2">Things</option>
      <option class="Things3">Things</option>
      <option class="Things4">Things</option>
      <option class="Things5">Things</option>
      <option class="Things6">Things</option>
      <option class="Things7">Things</option>
      <option class="Things8">Things</option>
      <option class="Things9">Things</option>

    </select> aren’t always

    <span style="--color:#dfff4e;">#</span>
    <span style="--color:#6e4eff;">0</span>
    <span style="--color:#ffe9ea;">0</span>
    <span style="--color:#f2ff24;">0</span>
    <span style="--color:#4c3fff;">0</span>
    <span style="--color:#ff3d45;">0</span>
    <span style="--color:#e1bdff;">0</span>

    and

  <span style="--color:#dfff4e;">#</span>
    <span style="--color:#6e4eff;">F</span>
    <span style="--color:#ffe9ea;">F</span>
    <span style="--color:#f2ff24;">F</span>
    <span style="--color:#4c3fff;">F</span>
    <span style="--color:#ff3d45;">F</span>
    <span style="--color:#e1bdff;">F</span>
    <div></div>
    <p>
     – 46 Encouraging Quotes For Aspiring Web Developers
    </p>
  </blockquote>

index.html

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Zen+Antique&display=swap');

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Dancing+Script:wght@700&display=swap');

::selection {
  color: white;
  background: black;
}

html{
 width: 100vw;
 height: 100vh;
 font-size: 1vh;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}

blockquote{

  font-family: 'Zen Antique', serif;
  font-size: 3rem;
}

p{
  padding-left: 10rem;
}

select{
  font-family: 'Dancing Script', cursive;
  font-size:4rem;
background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);


}

progress{
  width: 35px;
  height: 10px;
  margin-bottom: .3em;
}

span{
  margin:-.12em;
  transition: color 300ms ease-in-out;
  transition: font-size 300ms ease-in-out;
 }

div {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  background-color: #fff;
  transition: background-color 500ms ease;
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  z-index: -1;
}

span:hover ~ div {
background-color: black;
}


span:hover {
  color:var(--color);
  font-size: 60rem;
}

style.css