--- title: "1 Shoulder Said Quotes By M.T. Anderson" description: "1 Shoulder Said quotes by M.T. Anderson. Plus more from M.T. Anderson and more Shoulder Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/m-t-anderson-7453_forgive_i-went-to-him-put-my-hand-upon-his-shoul_196589.jpg" --- > [“I went to him & put my Hand upon his Shoulder. Said he to me, “God forgive me. Her Name — I never knew her Name.” Which meant not a Jot to me — and yet my Heart was the Thing that broke.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson/i-went-to-him-put-my-hand-upon-his-shoulder-said-he-to-me-god-forgive/) [M.T. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-t-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/m-t-anderson-7453_forgive_i-went-to-him-put-my-hand-upon-his-shoul_196589.jpg) ## More by M.T. Anderson > [“...Often that which most we fear births the resolve that spurs us on to altitudes we could not have achieved, had we continued walking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson/often-that-which-most-we-fear-births-the-resolve-that-spurs-us-on-to/) [M.T. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-t-anderson/) > [“We were as strangers, in the moment-as intimate as strangers-for strangers know more of us, and can judge of us more without reproach than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson/we-were-as-strangers-in-the-moment-as-intimate-as-strangers-for/) [M.T. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-t-anderson/) > [“I went to him & put my Hand upon his Shoulder. Said he to me, “God forgive me. Her Name — I never knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson/i-went-to-him-put-my-hand-upon-his-shoulder-said-he-to-me-god-forgive/) [M.T. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-t-anderson/) > [“Maybe these are our salad days." "Huh?" "You know. Happy." "What's happy about a salad?" She shrugged. "Ranch," she said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson/maybe-these-are-our-salad-days-huh-you-know-happy-what-s-happy-about/) [M.T. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-t-anderson/) > [“The British Army and Navy sang a rousing song called "Heart of Oak"; the rebels had writ one to counter it called "The Liberty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson/the-british-army-and-navy-sang-a-rousing-song-called-heart-of-oak-the/) [M.T. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-t-anderson/) > [“We could sing to lift our spirits,’ one of them suggested. Believe me, you want me to end the chapter now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson/we-could-sing-to-lift-our-spirits-one-of-them-suggested-believe-me/) [M.T. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-t-anderson/) > [“Who do we seek, my spies? Again and again, I announce to the world: I. M. Realdom! I. M. Realdom! I. M. Realdom! I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson/who-do-we-seek-my-spies-again-and-again-i-announce-to-the-world-i-m/) [M.T. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-t-anderson/) > [“I run through the woods, at once applauding myself for my wit-" "Well deserved, sir. Well deserved." "And at the self instant, I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson/i-run-through-the-woods-at-once-applauding-myself-for-my-wit-well/) [M.T. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-t-anderson/) > [“You know who you should ask about this? My pal Ray, who works with me. He could tell you all about this." Lily's dad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson/you-know-who-you-should-ask-about-this-my-pal-ray-who-works-with-me/) [M.T. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-t-anderson/) > [“ We enter a time of calamity. Blood on the tarmac. Fingers in the juicer. Towers of air frozen in the lunar wastes. Models…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson/we-enter-a-time-of-calamity-blood-on-the-tarmac-fingers-in-the-juicer/) [M.T. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-t-anderson/) > [“Each of us hides our own private Delaware lost in the gray jungle-tangle of our brains. No one else can know its depths and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson/each-of-us-hides-our-own-private-delaware-lost-in-the-gray-jungle/) [M.T. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-t-anderson/) > [“Altruism is the kind of pie best eaten with a lot of gravy and little inspection of the kind of kidney it's stuffed with.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson/altruism-is-the-kind-of-pie-best-eaten-with-a-lot-of-gravy-and-little/) [M.T. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-t-anderson/) > [“He was possessed of a belief that nothing existed, or to be more precise, that only when things were perceived could we be sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson/he-was-possessed-of-a-belief-that-nothing-existed-or-to-be-more/) [M.T. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-t-anderson/) > [“I hope thou shalt never retreat beneath the ground. The sun is thy inheritance. The sky is thy birthright. Stay here, my boy, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson/i-hope-thou-shalt-never-retreat-beneath-the-ground-the-sun-is-thy/) [M.T. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-t-anderson/) > [“Almost nothing lives here anymore, except where we plant it? No. No, no, no. We don’t know any of that. We have tea parties…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-t-anderson/almost-nothing-lives-here-anymore-except-where-we-plant-it-no-no-no/) [M.T. 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