diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
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+This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
+
+Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
+distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
+binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any
+means.
+
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+
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diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/heredoc.cabal b/heredoc.cabal
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+name:                heredoc
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            multi-line string / here document using QuasiQuotes
+
+license:             PublicDomain
+license-file:        LICENSE.txt
+
+author:              James H. Fisher
+maintainer:          jameshfisher@gmail.com
+
+category:            Text
+
+build-type:          Simple
+cabal-version:       >=1.8
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:   Text.Here
+  build-depends:
+    base >= 4 && < 5,
+    template-haskell >= 2.5
+  hs-source-dirs:    src
diff --git a/src/Text/Here.hs b/src/Text/Here.hs
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+module Text.Here (here, there) where
+
+import Language.Haskell.TH
+  ( litE
+  , stringL
+  )
+
+import Language.Haskell.TH.Quote
+  ( QuasiQuoter
+    ( QuasiQuoter
+    , quoteExp
+    , quotePat
+    , quoteType
+    , quoteDec
+    )
+  , quoteFile
+  )
+
+err :: String -> String
+err ctx =
+  "You have used the `here` QuasiQuoter in a " ++ ctx ++ " context; " ++
+  "you must only use it as a string literal expression"
+
+-- | Create a string-literal expression from the string being quoted.
+here :: QuasiQuoter
+here = QuasiQuoter
+  { quoteExp  = litE . stringL
+  , quotePat  = const $ error $ err "pattern"
+  , quoteType = const $ error $ err "type"
+  , quoteDec  = const $ error $ err "declaration"
+  }
+
+-- | Create a string-literal expression from
+-- the contents of the file at the filepath being quoted.
+there :: QuasiQuoter
+there = quoteFile here