diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
index 79d27db..161038b 100644
--- a/test/README.md
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ This implementation would be closer to the 'Scalar consensus' as it does not alw
 |:white_check_mark:|`$..[0]`|`[ "first", { "key": [ "first nested", { "more": [ { "nested": ["deepest", "second"] }, ["more", "values"] ] } ] } ]`|`["deepest","first nested","first","more",{"nested":["deepest","second"]}]`|`["deepest","first nested","first","more",{"nested":["deepest","second"]}]`|
 |:white_check_mark:|`$['ü']`|`{"ü": 42}`|`nil`|`null`|
 |:white_check_mark:|`$['two.some']`|`{ "one": {"key": "value"}, "two": {"some": "more", "key": "other value"}, "two.some": "42" }`|`"42"`|`"42"`|
-|:no_entry:|`$["key"]`|`{"key": "value"}`|`"value"`|`null`|
+|:white_check_mark:|`$["key"]`|`{"key": "value"}`|`"value"`|`"value"`|
 |:white_check_mark:|`$[]`|`{"": 42, "''": 123, "\"\"": 222}`|`nil`|`null`|
 |:white_check_mark:|`$['']`|`{"": 42, "''": 123, "\"\"": 222}`|`42`|`42`|
-|:no_entry:|`$[""]`|`{"": 42, "''": 123, "\"\"": 222}`|`42`|`null`|
+|:white_check_mark:|`$[""]`|`{"": 42, "''": 123, "\"\"": 222}`|`42`|`42`|
 |:white_check_mark:|`$[-2]`|`["one element"]`|`nil`|`null`|
 |:white_check_mark:|`$[2]`|`["first", "second", "third", "forth", "fifth"]`|`"third"`|`"third"`|
 |:white_check_mark:|`$[0]`|`{ "0": "value" }`|`nil`|`null`|
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ This implementation would be closer to the 'Scalar consensus' as it does not alw
 |---|---|---|---|---|
 |:no_entry:|`@.a`|`{"a": 1}`|`nil`|`1`|
 |:white_check_mark:|`$.['key']`|`{ "key": "value", "other": {"key": [{"key": 42}]} }`|`"value"`|`"value"`|
-|:question:|`$.["key"]`|`{ "key": "value", "other": {"key": [{"key": 42}]} }`|none|`null`|
+|:question:|`$.["key"]`|`{ "key": "value", "other": {"key": [{"key": 42}]} }`|none|`"value"`|
 |:question:|`$.[key]`|`{ "key": "value", "other": {"key": [{"key": 42}]} }`|none|`null`|
 |:white_check_mark:|`$.key`|`{ "key": "value" }`|`"value"`|`"value"`|
 |:white_check_mark:|`$.key`|`[0, 1]`|`nil`|`null`|
diff --git a/test/bracket_test.go b/test/bracket_test.go
index 44f9f4b..a4ed118 100644
--- a/test/bracket_test.go
+++ b/test/bracket_test.go
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ var bracketTests []testData = []testData{
 	{
 		query:         `$["key"]`,
 		data:          `{"key": "value"}`,
-		expected:      nil,
+		expected:      "value",
 		consensus:     "value",
-		expectedError: "invalid JSONPath query '$[\"key\"]' invalid token. '[\"key\"]' does not match any token format",
+		expectedError: "",
 	},
 	{
 		query:         "$[]",
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ var bracketTests []testData = []testData{
 	{
 		query:         `$[""]`,
 		data:          `{"": 42, "''": 123, "\"\"": 222}`,
-		expected:      nil,
+		expected:      float64(42),
 		consensus:     float64(42),
-		expectedError: "invalid JSONPath query '$[\"\"]' invalid token. '[\"\"]' does not match any token format",
+		expectedError: "",
 	},
 	{
 		query:         "$[-2]",
diff --git a/test/dot_test.go b/test/dot_test.go
index 4703c95..1776b43 100644
--- a/test/dot_test.go
+++ b/test/dot_test.go
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ var dotTests []testData = []testData{
 	{
 		query:         `$.["key"]`,
 		data:          `{ "key": "value", "other": {"key": [{"key": 42}]} }`,
-		expected:      nil,
+		expected:      "value",
 		consensus:     consensusNone,
-		expectedError: "invalid JSONPath query '$.[\"key\"]' invalid token. '[\"key\"]' does not match any token format",
+		expectedError: "",
 	},
 	{
 		query:         `$.[key]`,
diff --git a/token/token.go b/token/token.go
index 4e0f4a3..9fdcc66 100644
--- a/token/token.go
+++ b/token/token.go
@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ func Parse(tokenString string, options *Options) (Token, error) {
 	}
 
 	isKey := func(token string) bool {
-		return len(token) > 1 && strings.HasPrefix(token, "'") && strings.HasSuffix(token, "'")
+		isSingleQuoted := strings.HasPrefix(token, "'") && strings.HasSuffix(token, "'")
+		isDoubleQuoted := strings.HasPrefix(token, "\"") && strings.HasSuffix(token, "\"")
+		return len(token) > 1 && (isSingleQuoted || isDoubleQuoted)
 	}
 
 	tokenString = strings.TrimSpace(tokenString)
@@ -247,7 +249,12 @@ func Parse(tokenString string, options *Options) (Token, error) {
 	// which would result in the parsing being invalid
 
 	openBracketCount, closeBracketCount := 0, 0
-	openQuote := false
+	openSingleQuote := false
+	openDoubleQuote := false
+
+	inQuotes := func() bool {
+		return openSingleQuote || openDoubleQuote
+	}
 
 	args := []interface{}{}
 
@@ -256,13 +263,13 @@ func Parse(tokenString string, options *Options) (Token, error) {
 		bufferString += string(rne)
 		switch rne {
 		case ' ':
-			if !openQuote && openBracketCount == closeBracketCount {
+			if !inQuotes() && openBracketCount == closeBracketCount {
 				// remove whitespace
 				bufferString = strings.TrimSpace(bufferString)
 			}
 			break
 		case '(':
-			if openQuote {
+			if inQuotes() {
 				continue
 			}
 			openBracketCount++
@@ -281,7 +288,7 @@ func Parse(tokenString string, options *Options) (Token, error) {
 			}
 			break
 		case '\'':
-			if openBracketCount != closeBracketCount {
+			if openDoubleQuote || openBracketCount != closeBracketCount {
 				continue
 			}
 
@@ -291,9 +298,9 @@ func Parse(tokenString string, options *Options) (Token, error) {
 				break
 			}
 
-			openQuote = !openQuote
+			openSingleQuote = !openSingleQuote
 
-			if openQuote {
+			if openSingleQuote {
 				// open quote
 				if bufferString != "'" {
 					return nil, getInvalidTokenFormatError(tokenString)
@@ -307,8 +314,35 @@ func Parse(tokenString string, options *Options) (Token, error) {
 				bufferString = ""
 			}
 			break
+		case '"':
+			if openSingleQuote || openBracketCount != closeBracketCount {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			// if last token is escape character, then this is not an open or close
+			if len(bufferString) > 1 && bufferString[len(bufferString)-2] == '\\' {
+				bufferString = bufferString[0:len(bufferString)-2] + "\""
+				break
+			}
+
+			openDoubleQuote = !openDoubleQuote
+
+			if openDoubleQuote {
+				// open quote
+				if bufferString != "\"" {
+					return nil, getInvalidTokenFormatError(tokenString)
+				}
+			} else {
+				// close quote
+				if !isKey(bufferString) {
+					return nil, getInvalidTokenFormatError(tokenString)
+				}
+				args = append(args, bufferString[:])
+				bufferString = ""
+			}
+			break
 		case ':':
-			if openQuote || (openBracketCount != closeBracketCount) {
+			if inQuotes() || (openBracketCount != closeBracketCount) {
 				continue
 			}
 			if arg := bufferString[:len(bufferString)-1]; arg != "" {
@@ -326,7 +360,7 @@ func Parse(tokenString string, options *Options) (Token, error) {
 			bufferString = ""
 			break
 		case ',':
-			if openQuote || (openBracketCount != closeBracketCount) {
+			if inQuotes() || (openBracketCount != closeBracketCount) {
 				continue
 			}
 
diff --git a/token/token_test.go b/token/token_test.go
index f714de2..d397453 100644
--- a/token/token_test.go
+++ b/token/token_test.go
@@ -466,6 +466,32 @@ func Test_Parse(t *testing.T) {
 				err: "invalid token. '[\\'key\\'s']' does not match any token format",
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			input: input{query: `["key"]`},
+			expected: expected{
+				token: newKeyToken("key"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			input: input{query: `["key's"]`},
+			expected: expected{
+				token: newKeyToken("key's"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			input: input{query: `["\"keys\""]`},
+			expected: expected{
+				token: newKeyToken("\"keys\""),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			input: input{query: `["one","two",'three']`},
+			expected: expected{
+				token: &unionToken{
+					arguments: []interface{}{"one", "two", "three"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for idx, test := range tests {