The Kintsugi Poet Quotes

“The search that had defined so much of my life was transforming into a different kind of journey – one of integration, understanding, and eventually, inner peace, acceptance, and letting go of past hurts, loss, and trauma – simply appreciating the present moment. What had begun as a quest for origins was becoming something far more profound: a meditation on the nature of forgiveness, the elasticity of human connection, and the possibility that even the deepest wounds might, with time and courage, become sources of wisdom rather than only pain.”

– The Kintsugi Poet”
― Mirella Di Benedetto, The Kintsugi Poet: A Memoir—Blood Memory, Secrets, and Identity

“Identity is not a destination. It is the ritual of becoming – again and again – through what is broken, buried, and brought into the light.”
― Mirella Di Benedetto, The Kintsugi Poet: A Memoir—Blood Memory, Secrets, and Identity