1. "Essence"
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Gina Lake, Getting Free: How to Move Beyond Conditioning and Be Happy
2. "existence precedes essence,"
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Gordon Daniel Marino, Basic Writings of Existentialism
3. "Existence is prior to essence."
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Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre
4. "Love is in essence subversive."
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Quote by Andreï Makine
5. "The very essence of romance is uncertainty."
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Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
6. "very essence of romance is uncertainty. "
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Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
7. "Everything is fresh, the essence of realization."
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Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
8. "Doubt is the essence of Christ."
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Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
9. "Understanding is the essence of enlightenment. -Harrar"
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Greg Keyes, The Final Prophecy
10. "es·se n. [PHILOSOPHY] essential nature or essence."
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Erin McKean, The New Oxford American Dictionary