When did you cry?

[the guy who be short]

Let's not forget the proud death of Feanor, at the van of his folk. Oh, and the release of Maedhros from Thangorodrim.

[mormegil]

I guess I don't get too sad about the death of Feanor. I don't think him to be the great person that many do. So I feel that perhaps his death is more earned than others. But agreed Maedros release is very emotional.

[littlemanpoet]

From Strider:

'But I am the real Strider, fortunately,' he said, looking down at them with his face softened by a sudden smile. 'I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will.'

From The Council of Elrond:

An overwhelming longing to rest and remain at peace by Bilbo's side in Rivendell filled all his heart. At last with an effort he spoke, and wondered to hear his own words, as if some other will was using his small voice.
'I will take the Ring,' he said, 'though I do not know the way.'

The whole exchange between Gimli son of Glóin and Galadriel, starting with her words, 'He would be rash indeed that said that thing,' straight through to her gift of the three strands of hair and her "not" foretelling that over Gimli gold would have no dominion. It's grace; she wakens something wonderful in him that makes it possible for him to become a close friend of Legolas, among other things. An unlovely dwarf who has a gift for words? I guess I really identify with him.

And the death of Boromir.

[Kath]

In the book where Faramir says that even if he saw the Ring lying by the roadside he would not take it. That just struck me as incredibly noble and though I didn't cry it stirred up some strong emotions.

I never cried in the books or the films, but when I first read the books I got very upset when I thought Frodo was dead when the spider had him wrapped up for dinner. It was close enough to the end to be just possible.

Of course we know he wasn't dead after all.

Kahnshefal

[Elendhel]

I never cried at either the books or the film, but there were some moving moments, I won't repeat them all because they're all mentioned above.

But I do remember when reading the book for the first time being REALLY gutted when I'd finished reading it. I was so immersed in the world it was really weird for it to finally be over.

[Folwren]

Perhaps that's one reason why so many of us find The Grey Havens so sad...because it's the end. It really is very sad when a good book ends. But, you have to be happy that the ending was at least good. It's worse reading through an awesome book and then coming to a pathetic and poor ending... For instance, The Count of Monte Cristo is a really good book, but the ending is not so good. Whereas, the LotR is also a really good book, and its ending is one of the best endings I've ever read. (One of the saddest, too.)