diff --git a/Sources/CodeEditTextView/TextView/TextView+Delete.swift b/Sources/CodeEditTextView/TextView/TextView+Delete.swift
index e8d6ecce..2691c37f 100644
--- a/Sources/CodeEditTextView/TextView/TextView+Delete.swift
+++ b/Sources/CodeEditTextView/TextView/TextView+Delete.swift
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ extension TextView {
             guard extendedRange.location >= 0 else { continue }
             textSelection.range.formUnion(extendedRange)
         }
+        KillRing.shared.kill(
+            strings: selectionManager.textSelections.map(\.range).compactMap({ textStorage.substring(from: $0) })
+        )
         replaceCharacters(in: selectionManager.textSelections.map(\.range), with: "")
         unmarkTextIfNeeded()
     }
diff --git a/Sources/CodeEditTextView/TextView/TextView+Insert.swift b/Sources/CodeEditTextView/TextView/TextView+Insert.swift
index f51e891d..8c4fc408 100644
--- a/Sources/CodeEditTextView/TextView/TextView+Insert.swift
+++ b/Sources/CodeEditTextView/TextView/TextView+Insert.swift
@@ -15,4 +15,35 @@ extension TextView {
     override public func insertTab(_ sender: Any?) {
         insertText("\t")
     }
+
+    override public func yank(_ sender: Any?) {
+        let strings = KillRing.shared.yank()
+        insertMultipleString(strings)
+    }
+
+    /// Not documented or in any headers, but required if kill ring size > 1.
+    /// From Cocoa docs: "note that yankAndSelect: is not listed in any headers"
+    @objc func yankAndSelect(_ sender: Any?) {
+        let strings = KillRing.shared.yankAndSelect()
+        insertMultipleString(strings)
+    }
+
+    private func insertMultipleString(_ strings: [String]) {
+        let selectedRanges = selectionManager.textSelections.map(\.range)
+
+        guard selectedRanges.count > 0 else { return }
+
+        for idx in (0..<selectedRanges.count).reversed() {
+            guard idx < strings.count else { break }
+            let range = selectedRanges[idx]
+
+            if idx == selectedRanges.count - 1 && idx != strings.count - 1 {
+                // Last range, still have strings remaining. Concatenate them.
+                let remainingString = strings[idx..<strings.count].joined(separator: "\n")
+                replaceCharacters(in: range, with: remainingString)
+            } else {
+                replaceCharacters(in: range, with: strings[idx])
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/CodeEditTextView/TextView/TextView+ReplaceCharacters.swift b/Sources/CodeEditTextView/TextView/TextView+ReplaceCharacters.swift
index 0aa7f6a9..6637a0df 100644
--- a/Sources/CodeEditTextView/TextView/TextView+ReplaceCharacters.swift
+++ b/Sources/CodeEditTextView/TextView/TextView+ReplaceCharacters.swift
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import AppKit
 import TextStory
 
 extension TextView {
-    // MARK: - Replace Characters
-
     /// Replace the characters in the given ranges with the given string.
     /// - Parameters:
     ///   - ranges: The ranges to replace
diff --git a/Sources/CodeEditTextView/TextView/TextView.swift b/Sources/CodeEditTextView/TextView/TextView.swift
index e6a82cf0..1f7b97ec 100644
--- a/Sources/CodeEditTextView/TextView/TextView.swift
+++ b/Sources/CodeEditTextView/TextView/TextView.swift
@@ -253,15 +253,15 @@ public class TextView: NSView, NSTextContent {
     ///   - delegate: The text view's delegate.
     public init(
         string: String,
-        font: NSFont,
-        textColor: NSColor,
-        lineHeightMultiplier: CGFloat,
-        wrapLines: Bool,
-        isEditable: Bool,
-        isSelectable: Bool,
-        letterSpacing: Double,
+        font: NSFont = .monospacedSystemFont(ofSize: 12, weight: .regular),
+        textColor: NSColor = .labelColor,
+        lineHeightMultiplier: CGFloat = 1.0,
+        wrapLines: Bool = true,
+        isEditable: Bool = true,
+        isSelectable: Bool = true,
+        letterSpacing: Double = 1.0,
         useSystemCursor: Bool = false,
-        delegate: TextViewDelegate
+        delegate: TextViewDelegate? = nil
     ) {
         self.textStorage = NSTextStorage(string: string)
         self.delegate = delegate
diff --git a/Sources/CodeEditTextView/Utils/KillRing.swift b/Sources/CodeEditTextView/Utils/KillRing.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd13bb06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/CodeEditTextView/Utils/KillRing.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+//
+//  KillRing.swift
+//  CodeEditTextView
+//
+//  Created by Khan Winter on 6/13/24.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+
+// swiftlint:disable line_length
+
+/// A global kill ring similar to emacs. With support for killing and yanking multiple cursors.
+///
+/// Documentation sources:
+/// - [Emacs kill ring](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Yanking.html)
+/// - [Cocoa Docs](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/EventOverview/TextDefaultsBindings/TextDefaultsBindings.html)
+class KillRing {
+    static let shared: KillRing = KillRing()
+
+    // swiftlint:enable line_length
+
+    private static let bufferSizeKey = "NSTextKillRingSize"
+
+    private var buffer: [[String]]
+    private var index = 0
+
+    init(_ size: Int? = nil) {
+        buffer = Array(
+            repeating: [""],
+            count: size ?? max(1, UserDefaults.standard.integer(forKey: Self.bufferSizeKey))
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// Performs the kill action in response to a delete action. Saving the deleted text to the kill ring.
+    func kill(strings: [String]) {
+        incrementIndex()
+        buffer[index] = strings
+    }
+
+    /// Yanks the current item in the ring.
+    func yank() -> [String] {
+        return buffer[index]
+    }
+
+    /// Yanks an item from the ring, and selects the next one in the ring.
+    func yankAndSelect() -> [String] {
+        let retVal = buffer[index]
+        incrementIndex()
+        return retVal
+    }
+
+    private func incrementIndex() {
+        index = (index + 1) % buffer.count
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/CodeEditTextViewTests/KillRingTests.swift b/Tests/CodeEditTextViewTests/KillRingTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad092eb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/CodeEditTextViewTests/KillRingTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import XCTest
+@testable import CodeEditTextView
+
+class KillRingTests: XCTestCase {
+    func test_killRingYank() {
+        var ring = KillRing.shared
+        ring.kill(strings: ["hello"])
+        for _ in 0..<100 {
+            XCTAssertEqual(ring.yank(), ["hello"])
+        }
+
+        ring.kill(strings: ["hello", "multiple", "strings"])
+        // should never change on yank
+        for _ in 0..<100 {
+            XCTAssertEqual(ring.yank(), ["hello", "multiple", "strings"])
+        }
+
+        ring = KillRing(2)
+        ring.kill(strings: ["hello"])
+        for _ in 0..<100 {
+            XCTAssertEqual(ring.yank(), ["hello"])
+        }
+
+        ring.kill(strings: ["hello", "multiple", "strings"])
+        // should never change on yank
+        for _ in 0..<100 {
+            XCTAssertEqual(ring.yank(), ["hello", "multiple", "strings"])
+        }
+    }
+
+    func test_killRingYankAndSelect() {
+        let ring = KillRing(5)
+        ring.kill(strings: ["1"])
+        ring.kill(strings: ["2"])
+        ring.kill(strings: ["3", "3", "3"])
+        ring.kill(strings: ["4", "4"])
+        ring.kill(strings: ["5"])
+        // should loop
+        for _ in 0..<5 {
+            XCTAssertEqual(ring.yankAndSelect(), ["5"])
+            XCTAssertEqual(ring.yankAndSelect(), ["1"])
+            XCTAssertEqual(ring.yankAndSelect(), ["2"])
+            XCTAssertEqual(ring.yankAndSelect(), ["3", "3", "3"])
+            XCTAssertEqual(ring.yankAndSelect(), ["4", "4"])
+        }
+    }
+
+    func test_textViewYank() {
+        let view = TextView(string: "Hello World")
+        view.selectionManager.setSelectedRange(NSRange(location: 0, length: 1))
+        view.delete(self)
+        XCTAssertEqual(view.string, "ello World")
+
+        view.yank(self)
+        XCTAssertEqual(view.string, "Hello World")
+        view.selectionManager.setSelectedRange(NSRange(location: 0, length: 0))
+        view.yank(self)
+        XCTAssertEqual(view.string, "HHello World")
+    }
+
+    func test_textViewYankMultipleCursors() {
+        let view = TextView(string: "Hello World")
+        view.selectionManager.setSelectedRanges([NSRange(location: 1, length: 0), NSRange(location: 4, length: 0)])
+        view.delete(self)
+        XCTAssertEqual(view.string, "elo World")
+
+        view.yank(self)
+        XCTAssertEqual(view.string, "Hello World")
+        view.selectionManager.setSelectedRanges([NSRange(location: 0, length: 0)])
+        view.yank(self)
+        XCTAssertEqual(view.string, "H\nlHello World")
+    }
+}