“Squee-squee-squawky-squiggly-squee.”

“A squee is a spontaneous expression of delight. SQUEE!”

“MISERABLE SCHOOLIE MODE DISENGAGED EASTER HOLIDAYS MODE INITIALIZING... COMMENCING CHOCOLATE-ANTICIPATION SQUEE IN 5 4 3 2 1 SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! TWO WEEKS OF FREEEEEEEDOM! OK, so actually more like two weeks of EEEEEEEEEEEEEEKDOM.”

“I see. And who is this author?”“Neil Fucking Gaiman.”“His second name is Fucking?”“No, Leif, that’s the honorary second name all celebrities are given by their fans. It’s not an insult, it’s a huge compliment, and he’s earned it. You’d like him. He dresses all in black like you. Read a couple of his books, and then when you meet him, you’ll squee too.”Leif found the suggestion distasteful. “I would never behave with so little dignity. Nor would I wish to be confronted in such a manner by anyone else. Vampires inspire screams, not squees. Involuntary urination is common, I grant, but it properly flows from a sense of terror, not an ecstatic sense of hero worship.”

“Everywhere we went, every step we took, girls stopped talking and turned to stare. I'd never seen anything like it. But then, I don't suppose they'd ever seen anything like Reason.We found two seats together in the middle of the room and sat down while a low murmur of noise filled the lecture hall. It sounded like several hundred girls breathing "squee" all at once. I figured I might as well get used to it.”

“The Armenian alphabet is shredded lace--squiggly, feathery and mysterious. More elongated than Arabic, more elegant than Cyrillic.”