diff --git a/lib/liquid/expression.rb b/lib/liquid/expression.rb
index fdbe382..69c7472 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/expression.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/expression.rb
@@ -10,25 +10,28 @@ module Liquid
       'empty' => ''
     }.freeze
 
-    SINGLE_QUOTED_STRING = /\A'(.*)'\z/m
-    DOUBLE_QUOTED_STRING = /\A"(.*)"\z/m
-    INTEGERS_REGEX       = /\A(-?\d+)\z/
-    FLOATS_REGEX         = /\A(-?\d[\d\.]+)\z/
-    RANGES_REGEX         = /\A\((\S+)\.\.(\S+)\)\z/
+    SINGLE_QUOTED_STRING = /\A\s*'(.*)'\s*\z/m
+    DOUBLE_QUOTED_STRING = /\A\s*"(.*)"\s*\z/m
+    INTEGERS_REGEX       = /\A\s*(-?\d+)\s*\z/
+    FLOATS_REGEX         = /\A\s*(-?\d[\d\.]+)\s*\z/
+    RANGES_REGEX         = /\A\s*\(\s*(\S+)\s*\.\.\s*(\S+)\s*\)\s*\z/
 
     def self.parse(markup)
-      if LITERALS.key?(markup)
-        LITERALS[markup]
+      case markup
+      when nil
+        nil
+      when SINGLE_QUOTED_STRING, DOUBLE_QUOTED_STRING
+        Regexp.last_match(1)
+      when INTEGERS_REGEX
+        Regexp.last_match(1).to_i
+      when RANGES_REGEX
+        RangeLookup.parse(Regexp.last_match(1), Regexp.last_match(2))
+      when FLOATS_REGEX
+        Regexp.last_match(1).to_f
       else
-        case markup
-        when SINGLE_QUOTED_STRING, DOUBLE_QUOTED_STRING
-          Regexp.last_match(1)
-        when INTEGERS_REGEX
-          Regexp.last_match(1).to_i
-        when RANGES_REGEX
-          RangeLookup.parse(Regexp.last_match(1), Regexp.last_match(2))
-        when FLOATS_REGEX
-          Regexp.last_match(1).to_f
+        markup = markup.strip
+        if LITERALS.key?(markup)
+          LITERALS[markup]
         else
           VariableLookup.parse(markup)
         end
diff --git a/test/integration/expression_test.rb b/test/integration/expression_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91a0494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/expression_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class ExpressionTest < Minitest::Test
+  def test_keyword_literals
+    assert_equal(true, parse_and_eval("true"))
+    assert_equal(true, parse_and_eval(" true "))
+  end
+
+  def test_string
+    assert_equal("single quoted", parse_and_eval("'single quoted'"))
+    assert_equal("double quoted", parse_and_eval('"double quoted"'))
+    assert_equal("spaced", parse_and_eval(" 'spaced' "))
+    assert_equal("spaced2", parse_and_eval(' "spaced2" '))
+  end
+
+  def test_int
+    assert_equal(123, parse_and_eval("123"))
+    assert_equal(456, parse_and_eval(" 456 "))
+    assert_equal(12, parse_and_eval("012"))
+  end
+
+  def test_float
+    assert_equal(1.5, parse_and_eval("1.5"))
+    assert_equal(2.5, parse_and_eval(" 2.5 "))
+  end
+
+  def test_range
+    assert_equal(1..2, parse_and_eval("(1..2)"))
+    assert_equal(3..4, parse_and_eval(" ( 3 .. 4 ) "))
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def parse_and_eval(markup, **assigns)
+    if Liquid::Template.error_mode == :strict
+      p = Liquid::Parser.new(markup)
+      markup = p.expression
+      p.consume(:end_of_string)
+    end
+    expression = Liquid::Expression.parse(markup)
+    context = Liquid::Context.new(assigns)
+    context.evaluate(expression)
+  end
+end