diff --git a/html/html.go b/html/html.go
index 3ce87d6..90192a1 100644
--- a/html/html.go
+++ b/html/html.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ var (
 		return Node{Result: ret}
 	})
 
-	attr  = And(identifier, "=", String(`"'`))
+	attr  = And(identifier, "=", StringLit(`"'`))
 	attrs = Map(Kleene(attr), func(node Node) Node {
 		attr := map[string]string{}
 
diff --git a/json/json.go b/json/json.go
index 7a1bfbb..4155bd2 100644
--- a/json/json.go
+++ b/json/json.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var (
 		}
 		return Node{Result: ret}
 	})
-	properties = Kleene(And(String(`"`), ":", &value), ",")
+	properties = Kleene(And(StringLit(`"`), ":", &value), ",")
 	_object    = Map(And("{", properties, "}"), func(n Node) Node {
 		ret := map[string]interface{}{}
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ var (
 	_true  = Bind("true", true)
 	_false = Bind("false", false)
 
-	_string = Map(String(`"`), func(n Node) Node {
+	_string = Map(StringLit(`"`), func(n Node) Node {
 		return Node{Result: n.Token}
 	})
 )
diff --git a/literals.go b/literals.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..241dd93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/literals.go
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package goparsify
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+func StringLit(allowedQuotes string) Parser {
+	return NewParser("string", func(ps *State) Node {
+		ps.AutoWS()
+
+		for i := 0; i < len(allowedQuotes); i++ {
+			if ps.Input[ps.Pos] == allowedQuotes[i] {
+
+			}
+		}
+		if !stringContainsByte(allowedQuotes, ps.Input[ps.Pos]) {
+			ps.ErrorHere(allowedQuotes)
+			return Node{}
+		}
+		quote := ps.Input[ps.Pos]
+
+		var end int = ps.Pos + 1
+
+		inputLen := len(ps.Input)
+		var buf *bytes.Buffer
+
+		for end < inputLen {
+			switch ps.Input[end] {
+			case '\\':
+				if end+1 >= inputLen {
+					ps.ErrorHere(string(quote))
+					return Node{}
+				}
+
+				if buf == nil {
+					buf = bytes.NewBufferString(ps.Input[ps.Pos+1 : end])
+				}
+
+				c := ps.Input[end+1]
+				if c == 'u' {
+					if end+6 >= inputLen {
+						ps.Error.Expected = "[a-f0-9]{4}"
+						ps.Error.pos = end + 2
+						return Node{}
+					}
+
+					r, ok := unhex(ps.Input[end+2 : end+6])
+					if !ok {
+						ps.Error.Expected = "[a-f0-9]"
+						ps.Error.pos = end + 2
+						return Node{}
+					}
+					buf.WriteRune(r)
+					end += 6
+				} else {
+					buf.WriteByte(c)
+					end += 2
+				}
+			case quote:
+				if buf == nil {
+					result := ps.Input[ps.Pos+1 : end]
+					ps.Pos = end + 1
+					return Node{Token: result}
+				}
+				ps.Pos = end + 1
+				return Node{Token: buf.String()}
+			default:
+				r, w := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(ps.Input[end:])
+				end += w
+				if buf != nil {
+					buf.WriteRune(r)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		ps.ErrorHere(string(quote))
+		return Node{}
+	})
+}
+
+func stringContainsByte(s string, b byte) bool {
+	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+		if b == s[i] {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func unhex(b string) (v rune, ok bool) {
+	for _, c := range b {
+		v <<= 4
+		switch {
+		case '0' <= c && c <= '9':
+			v |= c - '0'
+		case 'a' <= c && c <= 'f':
+			v |= c - 'a' + 10
+		case 'A' <= c && c <= 'F':
+			v |= c - 'A' + 10
+		default:
+			return 0, false
+		}
+	}
+
+	return v, true
+}
diff --git a/literals_test.go b/literals_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15b971d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/literals_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package goparsify
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestString(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := StringLit(`"'`)
+	t.Run("test double match", func(t *testing.T) {
+		result, p := runParser(`"hello"`, parser)
+		require.Equal(t, `hello`, result.Token)
+		require.Equal(t, "", p.Get())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("test single match", func(t *testing.T) {
+		result, p := runParser(`"hello"`, parser)
+		require.Equal(t, `hello`, result.Token)
+		require.Equal(t, "", p.Get())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("test nested quotes", func(t *testing.T) {
+		result, p := runParser(`"hello 'world'"`, parser)
+		require.Equal(t, `hello 'world'`, result.Token)
+		require.Equal(t, "", p.Get())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("test non match", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, p := runParser(`1`, parser)
+		require.Equal(t, `"'`, p.Error.Expected)
+		require.Equal(t, `1`, p.Get())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("test unterminated string", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, p := runParser(`"hello `, parser)
+		require.Equal(t, `"`, p.Error.Expected)
+		require.Equal(t, `"hello `, p.Get())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("test unmatched quotes", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, p := runParser(`"hello '`, parser)
+		require.Equal(t, `"`, p.Error.Expected)
+		require.Equal(t, 0, p.Pos)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("test unterminated escape", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, p := runParser(`"hello \`, parser)
+		require.Equal(t, `"`, p.Error.Expected)
+		require.Equal(t, 0, p.Pos)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("test escaping", func(t *testing.T) {
+		result, p := runParser(`"hello \"world\""`, parser)
+		require.Equal(t, `hello "world"`, result.Token)
+		require.Equal(t, ``, p.Get())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("test escaped unicode", func(t *testing.T) {
+		result, p := runParser(`"hello \ubeef cake"`, parser)
+		require.Equal(t, "", p.Error.Expected)
+		require.Equal(t, "hello \uBEEF cake", result.Token)
+		require.Equal(t, ``, p.Get())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("test invalid escaped unicode", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, p := runParser(`"hello \ucake"`, parser)
+		require.Equal(t, "offset 9: Expected [a-f0-9]", p.Error.Error())
+		require.Equal(t, 0, p.Pos)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("test incomplete escaped unicode", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, p := runParser(`"hello \uca"`, parser)
+		require.Equal(t, "offset 9: Expected [a-f0-9]{4}", p.Error.Error())
+		require.Equal(t, 0, p.Pos)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/parser.go b/parser.go
index f92266e..d7daaf6 100644
--- a/parser.go
+++ b/parser.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package goparsify
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode/utf8"
@@ -200,104 +199,3 @@ func charsImpl(matcher string, stopOn bool, repetition ...int) Parser {
 		return Node{Token: result}
 	}
 }
-
-func String(allowedQuotes string) Parser {
-	return NewParser("string", func(ps *State) Node {
-		ps.AutoWS()
-
-		for i := 0; i < len(allowedQuotes); i++ {
-			if ps.Input[ps.Pos] == allowedQuotes[i] {
-
-			}
-		}
-		if !stringContainsByte(allowedQuotes, ps.Input[ps.Pos]) {
-			ps.ErrorHere(allowedQuotes)
-			return Node{}
-		}
-		quote := ps.Input[ps.Pos]
-
-		var end int = ps.Pos + 1
-
-		inputLen := len(ps.Input)
-		var buf *bytes.Buffer
-
-		for end < inputLen {
-			switch ps.Input[end] {
-			case '\\':
-				if end+1 >= inputLen {
-					ps.ErrorHere(string(quote))
-					return Node{}
-				}
-
-				if buf == nil {
-					buf = bytes.NewBufferString(ps.Input[ps.Pos+1 : end])
-				}
-
-				c := ps.Input[end+1]
-				if c == 'u' {
-					if end+6 >= inputLen {
-						ps.Error.Expected = "[a-f0-9]{4}"
-						ps.Error.pos = end + 2
-						return Node{}
-					}
-
-					r, ok := unhex(ps.Input[end+2 : end+6])
-					if !ok {
-						ps.Error.Expected = "[a-f0-9]"
-						ps.Error.pos = end + 2
-						return Node{}
-					}
-					buf.WriteRune(r)
-					end += 6
-				} else {
-					buf.WriteByte(c)
-					end += 2
-				}
-			case quote:
-				if buf == nil {
-					result := ps.Input[ps.Pos+1 : end]
-					ps.Pos = end + 1
-					return Node{Token: result}
-				}
-				ps.Pos = end + 1
-				return Node{Token: buf.String()}
-			default:
-				r, w := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(ps.Input[end:])
-				end += w
-				if buf != nil {
-					buf.WriteRune(r)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		ps.ErrorHere(string(quote))
-		return Node{}
-	})
-}
-
-func stringContainsByte(s string, b byte) bool {
-	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
-		if b == s[i] {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-func unhex(b string) (v rune, ok bool) {
-	for _, c := range b {
-		v <<= 4
-		switch {
-		case '0' <= c && c <= '9':
-			v |= c - '0'
-		case 'a' <= c && c <= 'f':
-			v |= c - 'a' + 10
-		case 'A' <= c && c <= 'F':
-			v |= c - 'A' + 10
-		default:
-			return 0, false
-		}
-	}
-
-	return v, true
-}
diff --git a/parser_test.go b/parser_test.go
index a9d4d51..3a3b778 100644
--- a/parser_test.go
+++ b/parser_test.go
@@ -151,76 +151,6 @@ func TestParseString(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-func TestString(t *testing.T) {
-	parser := String(`"'`)
-	t.Run("test double match", func(t *testing.T) {
-		result, p := runParser(`"hello"`, parser)
-		require.Equal(t, `hello`, result.Token)
-		require.Equal(t, "", p.Get())
-	})
-
-	t.Run("test single match", func(t *testing.T) {
-		result, p := runParser(`"hello"`, parser)
-		require.Equal(t, `hello`, result.Token)
-		require.Equal(t, "", p.Get())
-	})
-
-	t.Run("test nested quotes", func(t *testing.T) {
-		result, p := runParser(`"hello 'world'"`, parser)
-		require.Equal(t, `hello 'world'`, result.Token)
-		require.Equal(t, "", p.Get())
-	})
-
-	t.Run("test non match", func(t *testing.T) {
-		_, p := runParser(`1`, parser)
-		require.Equal(t, `"'`, p.Error.Expected)
-		require.Equal(t, `1`, p.Get())
-	})
-
-	t.Run("test unterminated string", func(t *testing.T) {
-		_, p := runParser(`"hello `, parser)
-		require.Equal(t, `"`, p.Error.Expected)
-		require.Equal(t, `"hello `, p.Get())
-	})
-
-	t.Run("test unmatched quotes", func(t *testing.T) {
-		_, p := runParser(`"hello '`, parser)
-		require.Equal(t, `"`, p.Error.Expected)
-		require.Equal(t, 0, p.Pos)
-	})
-
-	t.Run("test unterminated escape", func(t *testing.T) {
-		_, p := runParser(`"hello \`, parser)
-		require.Equal(t, `"`, p.Error.Expected)
-		require.Equal(t, 0, p.Pos)
-	})
-
-	t.Run("test escaping", func(t *testing.T) {
-		result, p := runParser(`"hello \"world\""`, parser)
-		require.Equal(t, `hello "world"`, result.Token)
-		require.Equal(t, ``, p.Get())
-	})
-
-	t.Run("test escaped unicode", func(t *testing.T) {
-		result, p := runParser(`"hello \ubeef cake"`, parser)
-		require.Equal(t, "", p.Error.Expected)
-		require.Equal(t, "hello \uBEEF cake", result.Token)
-		require.Equal(t, ``, p.Get())
-	})
-
-	t.Run("test invalid escaped unicode", func(t *testing.T) {
-		_, p := runParser(`"hello \ucake"`, parser)
-		require.Equal(t, "offset 9: Expected [a-f0-9]", p.Error.Error())
-		require.Equal(t, 0, p.Pos)
-	})
-
-	t.Run("test incomplete escaped unicode", func(t *testing.T) {
-		_, p := runParser(`"hello \uca"`, parser)
-		require.Equal(t, "offset 9: Expected [a-f0-9]{4}", p.Error.Error())
-		require.Equal(t, 0, p.Pos)
-	})
-}
-
 func TestUnhex(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := map[int64]string{
 		0xF:        "F",