Dark Matter

by Blake Crouch

If you strip away all the trappings of personality and lifestyle, what are the core components that make me me?

This is possibly my favorite line of the book. It’s something I think about often. So much of our identity is about cultural and lifestyle overlays. We’re defined by our jobs, partners, where we live, what we believe. But removing all of that, is there something more fundamental that defines the nature of who we are?