Push it. examine all things intensely and relentlessly. Author: Annie Dillard Copy Quote More from Annie Dillard “It would seem that emotions are the curse, not death-emotions that appear to ha…” “There is neither a proportional relationship, nor an inverse one, between a wri…” “Three days a week she helped at the Manor Nursing Home, where people proved the…” “I smelled silt on the wind, turkey, laundry, leaves . . . my God what a world. …”