Janet Kagan

“we're looking for a planeet on the strength of a song. it's crazy I know, but its the only chance we have…

— Janet Kagan

“You have no tail!" said Brightspot. her own whipped suddenly forward; she stared, first at it, then at Wilson."How do you manage?”

— Janet Kagan

“Kagan's law of first contact,'You'll surprise you more than they will.”

— Janet Kagan

“The crested sprookje let her hand drop. From its own vibrantly colored yoke it tugged a feather and gave it to her.…

— Janet Kagan

“there is very little 'of course' when it comes to custom”

— Janet Kagan

“Blew it up his nose. That woman should have cards printed: 'Dr. Evan Wilson, Imaginative Medicine a Specialty.”

— Janet Kagan

“Let me put it this way: Would you like to go off on your own now?” The arachne hunched. Tocohl saw herself…

— Janet Kagan

“medicine I know. you tell me what a pulsar is and I'll tell you whatever you need to know about the organ…

— Janet Kagan

“By the time the arachne caught up with them in Kejesli’s quarters, Maggy found layli-layli calulan in the midst of an elaborate…

— Janet Kagan

“So', she said, lifting her beer in a toast to the newest comer to LostRoses. 'Do you have a name or was…

— Janet Kagan

“All in all, Maggy concluded, she had done right. Tocohol knew that she could not see the ship from here, so Maggy…

— Janet Kagan

“That year the Ribeiro's daffodils seeded early and they seeded cockroaches. Now, ecologically speaking, even a cockroach has its place -- but…

— Janet Kagan

“Why do they never volunteer a word? Tocohl wondered. Maggy volunteers information to the point of distraction. She smiled to herself at…

— Janet Kagan

“Tocohl frowned, and saw Kejesli suddenly for what he was. He was a man trying not to be Sheveschkem, without conscious knowledge…

— Janet Kagan

“so who's more adult- somebody who works like mad to avoid a problem or somebody who works like mad to solve it?”

— Janet Kagan