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Quirk Books Came Up With Literary Emojis That We Need On Our Phones

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Quirk Books Came Up With Literary Emojis That We Need On Our Phones

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Published on November 11, 2016

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Apple has updated some of their emoji in the beta version of iOS 10.2, but Quirk Books had a better idea: let’s create literary emojis! Their initial set is excellent.

Proper use to the ring emoji is for when you find something “precious”:

Quirk Books literary texts

And you use the white rabbit when you’re running late!

Quirk Books literary texts

The rest are hilarious, too–head over to Quirk Books’ website to take a peek! Can we come up with more? What about Peter Pan’s shadow to let people know you’re gonna start trouble? Cthulhu for those times when you need to rage-quit?

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