The Appendices cooled me off as well.
Until I got to the tale regarding Aragorn and Arwen. I have to give props to J.R.R., his simple language allowed no room for sappiness, and yet the tale had a powerful effect on me somehow, especially after I really sat down and thought about what it would be like to give up eternity for "the bitter and the sweet." And then my thoughts drifted to the fact of how unlikely it was for me to ever find that elusive state that we commonly call "true love", and that really set me off. I didn't bawl, but I was pensive and morose nonetheless.
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~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~
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