Quotes from Robert McCrum

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.' Failing better is something every stroke sufferer knows about.

About forty per cent of all strokes are unexplained. They're a mystery, like life itself.

If lists are a guilty pleasure, then book lists are an almost sinful addiction

English plus Microsoft equals a new cultural revolution a global means of communication that is irrepressibly contagious, adaptable, populist and subversive.