 No, no...it can absolutely be said with warmth and caring and concern. It's just the WAY you say it that makes it a curse. you know. Some woman pisses me off in the grocery line or whatever and all my serenity is gone and I look at her with daggers and dripping ice say Well, bless your heart. YOU KNOW!
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.
"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
—James Barrie
Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum
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