It's too late to correct it: when you've once said a thing, that fixes it, and you must take the consequences.
Lewis CarrollI think I should understand that better, if I had it written down: but I can't quite follow it as you say it.
Lewis Carroll"The horror of that moment," the King went on, "I shall never, never forget!" "You will, though," the Queen said, "if you don't make a memorandum of it."
Lewis Carroll