--- title: "8 Required Reading Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Required Reading quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Required Reading sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/amy-tan-730_always_i-would-never-require-anyone-to-read-any_777930.jpg" --- > [I would never require anyone to read any book. That seems antithetical to why we read - which is to choose a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-would-never-require-anyone-to-read-any-book-that-seems-antithetical/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/amy-tan-730_always_i-would-never-require-anyone-to-read-any_777930.jpg) > [ This comes from Mike Gonzalez at the Daily Signal: \[ Howard\] Zinn's history "set the stage for the grievance mongering that passes… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/this-comes-from-mike-gonzalez-at-the-daily-signal-howard-zinn-s/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/rush-limbaugh-28_class_this-comes-from-mike-gonzalez-at-the-dai_1132612.jpg) > [ \[The Outsiders\] was all new to me. It's been fun to be a part of that ride, where it's become on the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-lowe/the-outsiders-was-all-new-to-me-it-s-been-fun-to-be-a-part-of-that/) [Rob Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-lowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/rob-lowe-855_catcher-in-the-rye_the-outsiders-was-all-new-to-me-it-s-bee_1234356.jpg) > [“What I worry about most is the loss to young people. If no one speaks out for them, if they don't speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-blume/what-i-worry-about-most-is-the-loss-to-young-people-if-no-one-speaks/) [Judy Blume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-blume/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/judy-blume-2002_books_what-i-worry-about-most-is-the-loss-to-y_1671751.jpg) > [Drs. Margolis and Fisher have done a great service to education, computer science, and the culture at large. Unlocking the Clubhouse should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-borg/drs-margolis-and-fisher-have-done-a-great-service-to-education/) [Anita Borg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-borg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/704/anita-borg-31910_clubhouse_drs-margolis-and-fisher-have-done-a-grea_2571072.png) > [“His gaze settles on the discarded book. He leans, reaching until his fingertips graze Dante's Inferno, still on its bed of folded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/his-gaze-settles-on-the-discarded-book-he-leans-reaching-until-his/) [Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/victoria-schwab-1505_books_his-gaze-settles-on-the-discarded-book-h_2633017.jpg) > [Stormy Weather is really wonderful - it ought to be required reading for everyone who is concerned about our planet's climate, beginning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/stormy-weather-is-really-wonderful-it-ought-to-be-required-reading/) [Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/ross-gelbspan-35987_climate_stormy-weather-is-really-wonderful-it-ou_3138749.jpg) > [The history of food has never had a better biographer. Required reading for anyone who eats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-barber/the-history-of-food-has-never-had-a-better-biographer-required/) [Dan Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-barber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/dan-barber-22128_biographers_the-history-of-food-has-never-had-a-bett_3148471.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/required-reading/#itemlist", "name": "Required Reading Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I would never require anyone to read any book. That seems antithetical to why we read - which is to choose a book for our personal reasons. 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And instead of finding the information they need at the library, instead of finding the novels that illuminate life, they will find only those materials to which nobody could possibly object.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Judy Blume" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-blume/what-i-worry-about-most-is-the-loss-to-young-people-if-no-one-speaks/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/judy-blume-2002_books_what-i-worry-about-most-is-the-loss-to-y_1671751.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/judy-blume-2002_books_what-i-worry-about-most-is-the-loss-to-y_1671751.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/judy-blume-2002_books_what-i-worry-about-most-is-the-loss-to-y_1671751.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What I worry about most is the loss to young people. 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