Well, you've talked about Doriath being destroyed, and about Gimli. I find the quote of Cudae very useful. About the Dwarves going from the Blue Mountains to Moria. For afterwards it was in Moria that 'they dug to deep' and there they awakened Durin's Bane. The Dwarves were killed and the Elves of Eregion, where Celebrimbor had made the Rings of Power, had to flee away from that land. According to the UT Celeborn and Galadriel had lived there for some period.
So two elderly homes of Celeborn were directly or indirectly destroyed by the Dwarves.
Yet for Galadriel it is the same. She lived long in Doriath, and with Celeborn she went to Eregion and recieved an Elven Ring. Two elderly homes of her were destroyed as well.
I think the greatest distress to Celeborn must have been the fact that Thingol was killed by the Dwarves. Three great disasters struck him because of the Dwarves. And that's why he was filled with angre and doubt against all Dwarves.
Yet another question is: why was Galadriel not like Celeborn. I think that was because she was one of the Wise, and therefore understood the need of the Fellowship better than Celeborn. Another reason maybe that she held Nenya, ring of Adamant.
This is my view on these things.
greetings,
lathspell
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'You?' cried Frodo.
'Yes, I, Gandalf the Grey,' said the wizard solemnly. 'There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.'
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