diff --git a/imports.go b/imports.go
index 6b442f6..a18dec5 100644
--- a/imports.go
+++ b/imports.go
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ type QuadWriter graph.QuadWriter
 
 type Path path.Path
 
-type Quad quad.Quad
-
 var StartMorphism = path.StartMorphism
 var StartPath = path.StartPath
 
@@ -26,6 +24,10 @@ type Handle struct {
 	graph.QuadWriter
 }
 
+func Quad(subject, predicate, object, label string) quad.Quad {
+	return quad.Quad{subject, predicate, object, label}
+}
+
 func NewMemoryGraph() (*Handle, error) {
 	qs, err := graph.NewQuadStore("memstore", "", nil)
 	if err != nil {