" The four or five people in the restaurant hushed and pressed their ears against the silence that surrounded us. We were suspended in that moment. I’ve Got Dreams to Remember by Otis Redding played on the jukebox and for a moment everything was very much a dream. Our feelings blossomed together. His giant black holes for eyes grew larger as our eyes locked. Certainly, the instinct to run visited my thoughts but any attempt would have been in vain. Unfortunately, we were intertwined by the laws of dignity. "
― Brandon Cruz (Hope is a Recurring Dream