The Awakening of Miss Prim

by Natalia Sanmartín Fenollera

The world, lamented Prudencia Prim, had lost its taste for beauty, harmony, and balance. And few could see this truth; just as few could feel within themselves the resolve to make a stand.

She had no experience whatsoever with children, this was true, but she was a mistress of the art of delicacy. Miss Prim firmly believed that delicacy was the force that drove the universe. Where it was lacking, she knew, the world became gloomy and dark.

Miss Prim’s nose was endowed with great moral sensitivity.

It was here too that she learned that a human mind, a truly human mind, is nurtured over time, with hard work and discipline.”

He always said that angels are in the simple things; you never find angels where things are complicated. He believed that the small things are important.”

Look at it this way: if you were convinced that the world had forgotten how to think and teach, if you believed it had discarded the beauty of art and literature, if you thought it had crushed the power of the truth, would you let that world educate your children?”

The skill of remembering at all times who one was and where one came from rather than bothering, as modern people did, with trying to guess where one was headed.

there are times in life when we’re all faced with a dilemma we’d rather not have to deal with. For each person the dilemma might come in a different guise, but in essence it’s always the same. There’s a sacrifice to be made, and you have to choose the victim: yourself or those around you.”