diff --git a/src/api/mod.rs b/src/api/mod.rs
index 541a76f..1e74aaf 100644
--- a/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -50,4 +50,5 @@ pub fn api_router() -> Router<MnemoState> {
         // quotes
         .route("/api/quotes", post(quotes::create))
         .route("/api/quotes/{id}", get(quotes::get_by_id))
+        .route("/api/quotes/search", get(quotes::get_by_query))
 }
diff --git a/src/api/quotes.rs b/src/api/quotes.rs
index 708becc..13e4c8d 100644
--- a/src/api/quotes.rs
+++ b/src/api/quotes.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ pub async fn get_by_id(
     Ok(Json(Quote::get_by_id(&mut conn, id).await?).into_response())
 }
 
+pub async fn get_by_query(
+    State(state): State<MnemoState>,
+    headers: HeaderMap,
+    Json(q): Json<String>,
+) -> Result<Response, CompositeError> {
+    let mut conn = state.pool.acquire().await?;
+    User::authenticate(&mut conn, &headers).await?.required()?;
+    Ok(Json(Quote::get_by_search_query(&mut conn, &q).await?).into_response())
+}
+
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct QuoteLineForm {
     pub content: String,
diff --git a/src/database/migrations/0001_init.sql b/src/database/migrations/0001_init.sql
index 54ce564..0a20091 100644
--- a/src/database/migrations/0001_init.sql
+++ b/src/database/migrations/0001_init.sql
@@ -96,3 +96,36 @@ CREATE TABLE logs (
 );
 CREATE INDEX logs_by_actor ON logs(actor);
 CREATE INDEX logs_by_target ON logs(target);
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION update_quote_fts_from_lines()
+RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
+DECLARE
+    affected_quote_id UUID;
+    quote_lines_content TEXT;
+BEGIN
+    IF TG_OP = 'DELETE' THEN
+        affected_quote_id := OLD.quote_id;
+    ELSE
+        affected_quote_id := NEW.quote_id;
+    END IF;
+
+    SELECT string_agg(content, ' ' ORDER BY ordering)
+    INTO quote_lines_content
+    FROM lines
+    WHERE quote_id = affected_quote_id;
+
+    UPDATE quotes
+    SET fts =
+        setweight(to_tsvector(COALESCE(quote_lines_content, '')), 'A') ||
+        setweight(to_tsvector(COALESCE(context, '')), 'B') ||
+        setweight(to_tsvector(COALESCE(location, '')), 'C')
+    WHERE id = affected_quote_id;
+
+    RETURN COALESCE(NEW, OLD);
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+
+CREATE TRIGGER trigger_lines_update_quote_fts
+    AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE OR DELETE ON lines
+    FOR EACH ROW
+    EXECUTE FUNCTION update_quote_fts_from_lines();
diff --git a/src/quotes/mod.rs b/src/quotes/mod.rs
index 434a0a3..bcee39e 100644
--- a/src/quotes/mod.rs
+++ b/src/quotes/mod.rs
@@ -174,6 +174,27 @@ impl Quote {
         Ok(quotes)
     }
 
+    pub async fn get_by_search_query(
+        conn: &mut PgConnection,
+        query: &str,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<Quote>, QuoteError> {
+        let ids: Vec<Uuid> = sqlx::query_scalar(
+            "SELECT id FROM quotes WHERE fts @@ phraseto_tsquery($1) LIMIT $2 OFFSET $3",
+        )
+        .bind(query)
+        .bind(20)
+        .bind(0)
+        .fetch_all(&mut *conn)
+        .await?;
+
+        let mut quotes = Vec::with_capacity(ids.len());
+        for id in ids {
+            quotes.push(Self::get_by_id(&mut *conn, id).await?);
+        }
+
+        Ok(quotes)
+    }
+
     pub async fn create(
         conn: &mut PgConnection,
         lines: Vec<(String, Vec<Name>)>,