“THREE DAYS AND twelve psychics later, Katie and Jorlan had developed a routine. Morning: jog, visit psychics. Afternoon: work at the Victorian. Evening: talk, watch television. Twilight: sleep apart and fantasize.”

“People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.”

“I feel guilty because for a long time I didn't allow myself a television, and I used to drop that fact in conversation to impress people. I thought it made me sound dignified. A couple of years ago, however, I visited a church in the suburbs and there was this blowhard preacher talking about how television rots your brain. He said that when we are watching television our minds are working no harder than when we are sleeping. I thought that sounded heavenly. I bought one that afternoon.”

“There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times to develop psychic muscles. -- Muad'Dib”

“Matthew, exactly how psychic are you?So psychic that other psychics should be called Mattics.”

“Two psychics, two werewolves, and a psychic human alpha walk up to a crime scene...”