Akata Warrior Quotes

“Stay out of trouble. Be positive forces to the world.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“Overconsumption is a universal human trait,” Orlu pointed out. “And so is ignorance.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“Fear of failure leads to more failure!”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“Superstitions are like stereotypes in a lot of ways. Not only are they based on fear and ignorance, they are also blended with fact.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“Do not take juju lightly, unless you are looking for unexpected death.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“Work a little harder and be more confident. Our bond is broken; some compensation is required. It’s like loving and cherishing someone without needing the bonds of marriage to enforce it,” Anyanwu said. “By sinister means, you and I are free.” Sunny sat with Anyanwu’s words, staring into the pouring rain.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“Leopard People read books by everybody and everything. We look outside and inside. But you have to be secure with yourself to do either . .”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“Sunny nodded. But her mind was not on the problems of the black African diaspora. She was thinking about what it was going to be like to meet with a giant sentient spider who was thousands, maybe millions, of years old while she was impaired by doubling.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“Greetings from the Obi Library Collective of Leopard Knocks’ Department of Responsibility. We are a busy organization with more important things to do. However, we’ve been ordered to write you this brief letter of information. It is necessary that you understand what you are getting into before you begin reading this book.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“He had turned to her mentor, who had a frown on her face. “We will talk later, my dear.” Sugar Cream had nodded. “Go well.” “Inshallah,” he’d said,”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“that night filling potholes along one of the smaller village roads. They’d used a dirt moving and packing juju that Anatov had taught them that very night. For days, Sunny was digging muck from beneath her nails and sweeping dirt from her bedroom.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“nights were spent “learning by experience.” Leopard education did not have any vacations or breaks aside from certain religious ones like Eid Al-Fitr, Eid Al-Adha, Christmas, and Easter. For Eid Al-Fitr, while Lamb school was on break, Anatov had all four of them volunteer at a local Muslim orphanage and then work later”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“Why is it always about my being albino? she thought. I never do anything to anyone, but yet they think I'm bad. Her eyes stung as the tears came.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“As she sat in her seat on the near-empty funky train home, she’d curled her body toward the window and shut her eyes. She took a deep breath, truly relaxing for the first time in hours, and this was when she felt that sensation of being pulled into two. Her eyes shot open and as she stared out the window, she began to quietly weep.
‘Anyanwu?’ She whispered. And then she heard herself respond in a deep voice, ‘Sleep, Sunny, I am here.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“parents wouldn’t be home yet, but if Ugonna was home and”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“the universe guides us all,” Chichi said. “It’s up to us to listen.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“I’d have loved to see the pain in their faces if they then learned what the word meant. But a word like that, you don’t really need to know what it means. The meaning is all in the way it’s said, the sound of it. It’s ugly. It’s an insult. It’s like a dagger that is a word.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“Do not take juju lightly, unless you are looking for unexpected death. Juju cartwheels between these pages like dust in a sandstorm. We don’t care if you are afraid. We don’t care if you think this book will bring you good luck. We don’t care if you are an outsider. We just care that you read this warning and are thus warned. This way, you have no one to blame but yourself if you enjoy this story.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“A core characteristic of being a Leopard Person is that one of your greater natural “flaws” or your uniqueness is the key to your power.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior

“Greetings from the Obi Library Collective of Leopard Knocks’ Department of Responsibility. We are a busy organization with more important things to do. However, we’ve been ordered to write you this brief letter of information.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Warrior