The only things that one can use in fiction are the things that one has ceased to use in fact.

“If I could get back my youth, I'd do anything in the world except get up early,…”

“But surely it is something to have beenThe best beloved for a little while,To h…”

“You seem to forget that I am married, and the one charm of marriage is that it …”

“Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to…”