Nicola Griffith Quotes

Everyone has this notion of the Middle Ages - certainly the early Middle Ages - as being this very superstitious era. I think that all eras are superstitious. We all have our magical thinking.

Nicola Griffith

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• Everyone has this notion of the Middle Ages - certainly the early Middle Ages - as being this very superstitious era. I think that all eras are superstitious. We all have our magical thinking.

  

  Nicola Griffith
  • ERA
  • Superstitious
  • Middle Age