If, in a dream in which you are fleeing from harm, you realize you are dreaming, you will still tend to continue escaping, even though you should now know that there is nothing to flee from. -Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming
“Speaking of livers,” the unicorn said. “Real magic can never be made by offering up someone else’s liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back. The true witches know that.”—The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
“Which could mean that the Defense Professor was just saving Harry for later, that there were ulterior motives. Indeed, it was certain that there were ulterior motives. Professor Quirrell wasn’t doing this on a whim. But then Professor Quirrell had also seen Harry taught Occlumency, he had taught Harry how to lose… if the Defense Professor wanted to make some use of Harry Potter, it was a use that required a strengthened Harry Potter, not a weakened one. That was what it meant to be used by a friend, that they would want the use to make you stronger instead of weaker.”—Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Chapter 51: Title Redacted, Pt 1, a Harry Potter fanfic - FanFiction.Net