The novel's major themes are of course about love and passion, but also aging, decay, and death. It is about the journey through a long marriage, but at the same time finding fulfillment in old age; about commitment and fidelity but also a refusal to grow old gracefully and respect Florentino Ariza is both intense about love and philosophical about age. He sees death as a bottomless pit where memory trickles away. He is a patient man, and the delicacy that he seduces Fermina Daza with, and the nature of their companionship during the final stage of their long lives defies all odds. It inspires one to live life and keep memories alive that can one day obliterate both the pain and passion of the past, because they can be lived once again.
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