The Pug List Quotes

“Today our home was destroyed by fire. The children are grieving and shaken, but Paul and I are so grateful for family, friends, and strangers who have come to our aid. We have lost “everything” but feel rich and free. I climbed into bed next to Paul, who was already asleep. I looked up into the darkness. Everything had changed. Who could believe it? I thought of the children—safe and so close—of Jack at the foot of our bed, and Paul there beside me. Everything had changed, and anything that mattered remained.”
― Alison Hodgson, The Pug List: A Ridiculous Little Dog, a Family Who Lost Everything, and How They All Found Their Way Home

“He projected confidence and strength and had the air of a person who had it all together. But I thought he looked like an uptight hobo and felt the deep loathing that can sometimes coexist with profound love. I could feel my chest tightening. I stretched across the wide seat and reached for his hand.”
― Alison Hodgson, The Pug List: A Ridiculous Little Dog, a Family Who Lost Everything, and How They All Found Their Way Home

“In Corrie’s beloved book The Hiding Place, she tells of how being led to join Betsie in the kitchen had protected her from being struck by a shard of shrapnel that fell onto her pillow in her bedroom during a night of bombings. In response to Corrie’s “if I hadn’t heard you in the kitchen . . .,” Betsie said, “There are no ‘ifs’ in God’s world. And no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only safety—Oh Corrie, let us pray that we may always know it!” This”
― Alison Hodgson, The Pug List: A Ridiculous Little Dog, a Family Who Lost Everything, and How They All Found Their Way Home

“I had been able to let go of so much without a second glance, but the books were a peculiar loss. Before the fire, going to a bookstore meant browsing for something new, but after the fire, it was yet another opportunity to mourn what had been lost.”
― Alison Hodgson, The Pug List: A Ridiculous Little Dog, a Family Who Lost Everything, and How They All Found Their Way Home