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- Gabriel García Márquez
- 1985
- “He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.”
- “To him she seemed so beautiful, so seductive, so different from ordinary people, that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he by the clicking of her heels on the paving stones, why no one else's heart was wild with the breeze stirred by the sighs of her veils, why everyone did not go mad with the movements of her braid, the flight of her hands, the gold of her laughter.
- “He was still too young to know that the heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good, and that thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burden of the past.”
- “Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.”
Florentino Ariza Quotes in Love in the Time of Cholera. The Love in the Time of Cholera quotes below are all either spoken by Florentino Ariza or refer to Florentino Ariza. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: ).
An obsessive, impassioned sex addict, Florentino falls madly in love with Fermina Daza on sight. After a brief love affair during which he sees Fermina only in passing, he cannot accept that she has rejected him, and dedicates his life to one day winning back her love.
Strangely, Florentino derives enjoyment from the pain he endures for love; he perceives his anguish as a gratifying and fortifying experience that will ultimately lead him to his ultimate desire: Fermina. Very well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggplant.
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She gets worried that her affair will be out and become scandalous ruining her reputation. Florentino orders the captain to raise the ‘yellow flag of Cholera’ meaning they wouldn’t be allowed to stop at any port and forever on expatriation in the water. Major Themes in Love in the Time of Cholera.
Protagonist: Florentino Ariza, Fermina Daza. Publication Date: 1985. Genre: Historical Fiction, Magical Realism, Romance. Rating: 4.3/5. Introduction. Summary. Themes and Analysis. Characters. Quotes. Historical Context. Review. Gabriel García Márquez. Article written by Charles Asoluka. Degree in Computer Engineering. Passed TOEFL Exam.
