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Christopher Benfey Quotes

Sometimes, the shortest path between two points is serpentine.

Sometimes, the shortest path between two points is serpentine.

Christopher Benfey
Two, Path, Sometimes
Christopher Benfey (2012). “Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay: Reflections on Art, Family, and Survival”, p.21, Penguin

Emily Dickinson liked to shock people. She liked to break rules. There was a kind of rebellious freedom in her inner world.

Christopher Benfey
People, World, Kind
"Poet Emily Dickinson Was A Much Loved Baker". "All Things Considered" with David Greene, kclu.org. December 27, 2016.

Emily Dickinson did not like was one of the stated purposes of the college - to convert young women to the Christian cause, finding Christ as their personal savior. She was one of the students who were declared without hope.

Christopher Benfey
Christian, College, Purpose

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