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> [ “\[Y\]ou can't control everything. Anything, really. Like the food we've been making. We can follow the recipe exactly as your grandmother wrote it, do everything exactly--or almost exactly--as she had, and the dish can come out so-so instead of amazing.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-senate/y-ou-can-t-control-everything-anything-really-like-the-food-we-ve/)

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## More by Melissa Senate

> [“To paraphrase Woody Allen in Annie Hall, love was too weak a word for what I felt for that tiny crying creature who had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-senate/to-paraphrase-woody-allen-in-annie-hall-love-was-too-weak-a-word-for/)

[Melissa Senate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-senate/)

> [“What I've learned, Mia, and what my grandmother always said, is that the whole point is wishing and remembering - not if what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-senate/what-i-ve-learned-mia-and-what-my-grandmother-always-said-is-that-the/)

[Melissa Senate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-senate/)

> [“She felt like she was in Candy Land, minus the lollipops on the trees.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-senate/she-felt-like-she-was-in-candy-land-minus-the-lollipops-on-the-trees/)

[Melissa Senate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-senate/)

> [ “\[T\]he whole point is the wishing and remembering--not if what you want happens, not if remembering hurts. Because when you wish for something, you're… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-senate/t-he-whole-point-is-the-wishing-and-remembering-not-if-what-you-want/)

[Melissa Senate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-senate/)

> [“Her grandmother had once told her that one of life's best lessons was not being afraid to look foolish -- to just ask the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-senate/her-grandmother-had-once-told-her-that-one-of-life-s-best-lessons-was/)

[Melissa Senate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-senate/)

> [“...until she was old enough to understand about God and biology and luck, she asked.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-senate/until-she-was-old-enough-to-understand-about-god-and-biology-and-luck/)

[Melissa Senate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-senate/)

> [“I don't want to say something cheesy like 'home is where the heart is,' but home is definitely where the heart is. And my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-senate/i-don-t-want-to-say-something-cheesy-like-home-is-where-the-heart-is/)

[Melissa Senate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-senate/)

> [“It seems that wishing and hoping and dreaming and remembering can be eve more helpful than knowing what's going to happen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-senate/it-seems-that-wishing-and-hoping-and-dreaming-and-remembering-can-be/)

[Melissa Senate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-senate/)

> [“Sometimes someone just takes a sledgehammer to your heart and even if you still have feelings for them, you can't ever quite feel the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-senate/sometimes-someone-just-takes-a-sledgehammer-to-your-heart-and-even-if/)

[Melissa Senate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-senate/)

> [“The sign seemed like her fortune, her horoscope, her Magic 8 Ball answer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-senate/the-sign-seemed-like-her-fortune-her-horoscope-her-magic-8-ball-answer/)

[Melissa Senate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-senate/)

> [ “\[Y\]ou can't control everything. Anything, really. Like the food we've been making. We can follow the recipe exactly as your grandmother wrote it, do… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-senate/y-ou-can-t-control-everything-anything-really-like-the-food-we-ve/)

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