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The captain of the New Fidelity, the ship where Fermina Daza and Florentino Ariza take a romantic trip together at the end of the novel. He is an honest, kind man devoted to his principles. Captain Samaritano cares deeply about the preservation of the river and its animal species. He once keeps an American tourist from shooting a manatee and, as punishment, leaves the tourist on shore. Although Samaritano is sent to prison for six months for this deed, he never regrets his actions, thus demonstrating his commitment to ecological issues and his love of animals. Unlike others, he is moved, not disgusted, by the romance that Fermina and Florentino share in spite of their age, thus proving that he values love and tenderness over societal norms.
Diego Samaritano (The Ship Captain) Quotes in Love in the Time of Cholera
The Love in the Time of Cholera quotes below are all either spoken by Diego Samaritano (The Ship Captain) or refer to Diego Samaritano (The Ship Captain). 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:
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Chapter 6
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At night they were awakened not by the siren songs of manatees on the sandy banks but by the nauseating stench of corpses floating down to the sea. For there were no more wars or epidemics, but the swollen bodies still floated by. The Captain, for once, was solemn: “We have orders to tell the passengers that they are accidental drowning victims.”
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The Captain looked at Fermina Daza and saw on her eyelashes the first glimmer of wintry frost. Then he looked at Florentino Ariza, his invincible power, his intrepid love, and he was overwhelmed by the belated suspicion that it is life, more than death, that has no limits.
“And how long do you think we can keep up this goddamn coming and going?” he asked.
Florentino Ariza had kept his answer ready for fifty-three years, seven months, and eleven days and nights.
“Forever,” he said.
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Diego Samaritano (The Ship Captain) Quotes in Love in the Time of Cholera
The Love in the Time of Cholera quotes below are all either spoken by Diego Samaritano (The Ship Captain) or refer to Diego Samaritano (The Ship Captain). 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:
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Chapter 6
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At night they were awakened not by the siren songs of manatees on the sandy banks but by the nauseating stench of corpses floating down to the sea. For there were no more wars or epidemics, but the swollen bodies still floated by. The Captain, for once, was solemn: “We have orders to tell the passengers that they are accidental drowning victims.”
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The Captain looked at Fermina Daza and saw on her eyelashes the first glimmer of wintry frost. Then he looked at Florentino Ariza, his invincible power, his intrepid love, and he was overwhelmed by the belated suspicion that it is life, more than death, that has no limits.
“And how long do you think we can keep up this goddamn coming and going?” he asked.
Florentino Ariza had kept his answer ready for fifty-three years, seven months, and eleven days and nights.
“Forever,” he said.
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