Touch Starved Quotes

“He put a hand on the sea-dragon's shoulder; the sea-dragon started.
'You are touching me," he said wistfully. The king's face changed; he drew the sea-dragon into his arms.
"Yes," he said gruffly. "I am holding you. Humans touch. If they are foolish enough or wise enough.”
― Patricia A. McKillip, The Changeling Sea