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Like her brother Dr. Marco Aurelio Urbino Daza, Ofelia opposes her mother Fermina Daza’s desire to spend time with Florentino and develop a romantic relationship with him after her father Dr. Juvenal Urbino’s death, because of their old age. Fermina condemns her for this attitude and kicks her out of the house.
Ofelia Urbino Daza Quotes in Love in the Time of Cholera
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Chapter 6
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“A century ago, life screwed that poor man and me because we were too young, and now they want to do the same thing because we are too old.” She lit a cigarette with the end of the one she was smoking, and then she gave vent to all the poison that was gnawing at her insides.
“They can all go to hell,” she said. “If we widows have any advantage, it is that there is no one left to give us orders.”
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Ofelia Urbino Daza Quotes in Love in the Time of Cholera
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Chapter 6
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“A century ago, life screwed that poor man and me because we were too young, and now they want to do the same thing because we are too old.” She lit a cigarette with the end of the one she was smoking, and then she gave vent to all the poison that was gnawing at her insides.
“They can all go to hell,” she said. “If we widows have any advantage, it is that there is no one left to give us orders.”
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