A red mug and a gold mug linked by a looped ribbon on a gray-green background.

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Christian

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

— Moulin Rouge! • 2001

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Love is presented as the best lesson there is, and it has two parts: giving love and receiving it back. The phrasing 'in return' stresses that the lesson is mutual, not just a matter of feeling something alone.

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