Red Clover Quotes

“you create your own happiness by the choices you make. If you rely completely on others, you’ll never have it, at least not in the true sense of happiness.”
― Florence Osmund, Red Clover

“If you keep letting things happen to you, you’ll always be channeling someone else’s course.”
― Florence Osmund, Red Clover

“On The Outside Looking In By David Harris The peels of laughter emulate from within and he stands on the outside forever looking in. He stands the stranger, which no one wants to know. Sadness always etched across his brow with a lonely heart beating inside. He sees the smiles radiate from within while he stands alone always on the outside looking in. The one who stands apart from any joyous crown with only tears and a lonely heart. He is the one who never is invited to parties at anytime, but has to watch from outside a window on the outside always looking in. He is that someone everyone rejects as a friend. One day he can only hope and tables will turn. Until that day arrives and his loneliness evaporates he will remain the one who stands on the outside always looking in. Reprinted with permission from the author”
― Florence Osmund, Red Clover

“It should never be your goal to be normal. It should be your goal to be whole.” He”
― Florence Osmund, Red Clover

“On my birthday, The Flintstones was on television for the first time.” He studied his mother’s face for a reaction. “Don’t you understand? That’s the most important thing that happened on my birthday. That’s all they could come up with for that day.” “That’s all who could come up with?” “Whoever puts together the list of important things that happen on each day. I checked it out at the library. It’s all there in black and white.”
― Florence Osmund, Red Clover

“Think about it, Mother. My name is Lee Oliver Winekoop. My initials spell L-O-W. Did you know that when you named me?” She shifted her petite body in the chair and frowned. “What on earth has gotten into you? Maybe I need to make a special appointment with Dr. Jerry. Are you feeling all right?” She was referring to Dr. Jerry Osgood, the psychologist Lee had been seeing for two years, to make him more like his brothers he thought. What his mother didn’t know was how much he was already trying to be like them.”
― Florence Osmund, Red Clover

“Her black hair was pulled back into a perfectly coiffed bun at the nape of her neck, and the cultured pearl necklace Lee’s father had given her years ago lay flat upon her flawless ivory skin. She did not bother to look up from her magazine. “Where’s Kate?” He ignored her question as to his nanny’s whereabouts and did not allow the queasy feeling in his stomach to stop him from asking the question that had been on his mind for a long time.”
― Florence Osmund, Red Clover

“As Lee recovered from the shock of news of their upcoming marriage, he vowed he would never understand relationships, nor question them again. “Congratulations,”
― Florence Osmund, Red Clover

“At that moment, Lee realized CJ would be someone he could always count on, always trust, a kindred spirit of sorts. He would do anything for her, and he had a feeling she would do the same for him. And while there had been times he thought about what it might be like to be in a romantic relationship with her, he knew their being loyal friends was more relevant for them. Not having developed meaningful relationships as a child—not with his parents, his teachers, siblings, or friends—he only now realized their inherent value and was grateful the first meaningful one he did have wasn’t encumbered by romance. “Me”
― Florence Osmund, Red Clover

“It should never be your goal to be normal. It should be your goal to be whole.”
― Florence Osmund, Red Clover

“the stress of keeping a secret can far outweigh the consequences of revealing it,”
― Florence Osmund, Red Clover

“One day he can only hope and tables will turn. Until that day arrives and his loneliness evaporates he will remain the one who stands on the outside always looking in.”
― Florence Osmund, Red Clover