Florentino Ariza

"No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing."

"He had always said that no one deserved a long life."

"He was not capable of living without her, but he was capable of living with her absence."

"He would wait for her for the rest of his life if he had to."

"The only regret he had was not having done it sooner."

"The only thing worse than solitude is the company of those who cannot tolerate it."

"There was only one thing in the world as beautiful as Fermina Daza, and that was the world itself."

"The only regret he had was not having done it with love."

"Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese."

"The absence of love is the most abject poverty."

"He understood that love is not something you feel, but something you do."

"The truth is that a love once declared is a love that cannot be forgotten."

"The heart knows no calendar."

"The only thing that worried him was the fear of wasting time."

"Age is no barrier. It's no more than the record of one's own experiences."

"Age is the price we pay for maturity."

"The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing about."

"He had not known that beauty could be so terrible."

"One thing she knew for certain was that she could not continue living without knowing who she was."

"No, not rich. I am a happy man."

"It is life itself that teaches you that hope is the only tenable thing, the only one."

"The only regret he had was not having done it in a long time."

"The only thing that ages is the heart."

"Age is not how many years you have lived but how many years the world has been living in you."

"The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good."

"Love is not love unless it is eternal."

"The only regret I will have in dying is if it is not for love."

"What does your heart tell you?"

"The madness of love is the greatest of all happiness."

"What difference does it make if I'm the only one?"