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I owe you nothing. And you are nothing to me. Thank you for curing me of my ridiculous obsession with love.

— Christian • Moulin Rouge!

A red paper heart under a glass paperweight beside a loose red thread and small scissors on white marble.
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The speaker insists there is no debt and no remaining attachment, then offers a bitter thank-you for being 'cured' of love. Calling it a ridiculous obsession changes the language of affection into the language of an ailment. The gratitude lands as an accusation.

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