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> [I was in New York for a little while, doing some really bad theater. I did some great stuff, too, but there were Saturday morning theater performances in one-third-filled church basements. So, I paid my dues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-weir-mitchell/i-was-in-new-york-for-a-little-while-doing-some-really-bad-theater-i/)

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## More by Silas Weir Mitchell

> [Up anchor! Up anchor! Set sail and away! The ventures of dreamland Are thine for a day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-weir-mitchell/up-anchor-up-anchor-set-sail-and-away-the-ventures-of-dreamland-are/)

[Silas Weir Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-weir-mitchell/)

> [I have always found humor in places where humor wasn't necessarily intended.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-weir-mitchell/i-have-always-found-humor-in-places-where-humor-wasn-t-necessarily/)

[Silas Weir Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-weir-mitchell/)

> [The arctic loneliness of age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-weir-mitchell/the-arctic-loneliness-of-age/)

[Silas Weir Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-weir-mitchell/)

> [Fairly tales are myths, and myths are only myths because there's a grain of truth in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-weir-mitchell/fairly-tales-are-myths-and-myths-are-only-myths-because-there-s-a/)

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> [There are those who suffer and grow strong; there are those who suffer and grow weak. This mystery of pain is still for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-weir-mitchell/there-are-those-who-suffer-and-grow-strong-there-are-those-who-suffer/)

[Silas Weir Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-weir-mitchell/)

> [You see people on the street, talking to themselves, and you're like, 'What are they talking about?' I'm interested in that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-weir-mitchell/you-see-people-on-the-street-talking-to-themselves-and-you-re-like/)

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> [He alone has lost the art to live who cannot win new friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-weir-mitchell/he-alone-has-lost-the-art-to-live-who-cannot-win-new-friends/)

[Silas Weir Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-weir-mitchell/)

> [Alas, how can we help but mourn When hero bosoms yield their breath! A century itself may bear But once the flower of such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-weir-mitchell/alas-how-can-we-help-but-mourn-when-hero-bosoms-yield-their-breath-a/)

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> [I was in New York for a little while, doing some really bad theater. I did some great stuff, too, but there were Saturday…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-weir-mitchell/i-was-in-new-york-for-a-little-while-doing-some-really-bad-theater-i/)

[Silas Weir Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-weir-mitchell/)

> ['Grimm,' I think, is a unique show in a lot of ways. There is certainly nothing on TV that looks like 'Grimm'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-weir-mitchell/grimm-i-think-is-a-unique-show-in-a-lot-of-ways-there-is-certainly/)

[Silas Weir Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-weir-mitchell/)

> [I think a really rich world to live in is where you're thinking in terms of human behavior and human types and not being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-weir-mitchell/i-think-a-really-rich-world-to-live-in-is-where-you-re-thinking-in/)

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> [Death's but one more to-morrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-weir-mitchell/death-s-but-one-more-to-morrow/)

[Silas Weir Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-weir-mitchell/)

> [Medicine is only palliative. For behind disease lies the cause and this cause NO DRUG can reach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-weir-mitchell/medicine-is-only-palliative-for-behind-disease-lies-the-cause-and/)

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> [I play outsiders. That's just the way it's gone for me, and I think that's fantastic. I like it because I've always been interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-weir-mitchell/i-play-outsiders-that-s-just-the-way-it-s-gone-for-me-and-i-think/)

[Silas Weir Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-weir-mitchell/)

> [Inner conflict is really fun to play because there's a lot going on, and the choices - when you've got a character with internal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-weir-mitchell/inner-conflict-is-really-fun-to-play-because-there-s-a-lot-going-on/)

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