Sense of Touch

「ポケットに手を突っ込んで世界を見てはいけない。それについて書くためには、手を伸ばして触れてみなくてはならない。」（マーク・トウェイン）
"Don't look at the world with your hands in your pockets. To write about it you have to reach out and touch it." -- Mark Twain

「もし彼（＝飼い犬）が話すことができたら、私と一緒に『天国は触れることでたどり着ける』と言っただろう。それは、触れることの中に愛と知性のすべてが存在しているからだ。」（ヘレン・ケラーの日記より。以下の部分より抜粋）
"I have just touched my dog. He was rolling on the grass, with pleasure in every muscle and limb. I wanted to catch a picture of him in my fingers, and I touched him as lightly as I would cobwebs; but lo, his fat body revolved, stiffened and solidified into an upright position, and his tongue gave my hand a lick! He pressed close to me, as if he were fain to crowd himself into my hand. He loved it with his tail, with his paw, with his tongue. If he could speak, I believe he would say with me that paradise is attained by touch; for in touch is all love and intelligence." -- Helen Keller, The World I Live In