diff --git a/dust-lang/src/lex.rs b/dust-lang/src/lex.rs
index 2ec2f94..8e871e8 100644
--- a/dust-lang/src/lex.rs
+++ b/dust-lang/src/lex.rs
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ impl<'a> Lexer<'a> {
             match c {
                 '0'..='9' => self.lex_number()?,
                 'a'..='z' | 'A'..='Z' => self.lex_alphabetical()?,
+                '"' => self.lex_string('"')?,
+                '\'' => self.lex_string('\'')?,
                 '+' => {
                     self.position += 1;
                     (Token::Plus, (self.position - 1, self.position))
@@ -253,6 +255,27 @@ impl<'a> Lexer<'a> {
 
         Ok((token, (start_pos, self.position)))
     }
+
+    fn lex_string(&mut self, delimiter: char) -> Result<(Token, Span), LexError> {
+        let start_pos = self.position;
+
+        self.next_char();
+
+        while let Some(c) = self.peek_char() {
+            if c == delimiter {
+                self.next_char();
+                break;
+            } else {
+                self.next_char();
+            }
+        }
+
+        let string = &self.source[start_pos + 1..self.position - 1];
+        Ok((
+            Token::String(string.to_string()),
+            (start_pos, self.position),
+        ))
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
@@ -277,6 +300,34 @@ impl From<ParseIntError> for LexError {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn string_concatenation() {
+        let input = "'Hello, ' + 'world!'";
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            lex(input),
+            Ok(vec![
+                (Token::String("Hello, ".to_string()), (0, 9)),
+                (Token::Plus, (10, 11)),
+                (Token::String("world!".to_string()), (12, 20)),
+                (Token::Eof, (20, 20)),
+            ])
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn string() {
+        let input = "'Hello, world!'";
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            lex(input),
+            Ok(vec![
+                (Token::String("Hello, world!".to_string()), (0, 15)),
+                (Token::Eof, (15, 15)),
+            ])
+        )
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn r#true() {
         let input = "true";
diff --git a/dust-lang/src/token.rs b/dust-lang/src/token.rs
index 5b44181..f27c79e 100644
--- a/dust-lang/src/token.rs
+++ b/dust-lang/src/token.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pub enum Token {
     Boolean(bool),
     Float(f64),
     Integer(i64),
+    String(String),
 
     // Keywords
     IsEven,
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ impl Display for Token {
             Token::Boolean(boolean) => write!(f, "{boolean}"),
             Token::Float(float) => write!(f, "{float}"),
             Token::Integer(integer) => write!(f, "{integer}"),
+            Token::String(string) => write!(f, "{string}"),
             Token::IsEven => write!(f, "is_even"),
             Token::IsOdd => write!(f, "is_odd"),
             Token::Length => write!(f, "length"),
diff --git a/dust_examples/hello_world.ds b/dust_examples/hello_world.ds
index 3bab54d..85167e5 100644
--- a/dust_examples/hello_world.ds
+++ b/dust_examples/hello_world.ds
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-use std.io
+write_line("Hello, world!")
+write_line("Enter your name...")
 
-io.write_line("Hello, world!")
-io.write_line("Enter your name...")
+name = read_line()
 
-message = io.read_line()
-
-io.write_line("Hello " + message + "!")
+write_line("Hello " + name + "!")