Bilbo: My old ring. I should very much like to hold it again, one last time. --- LOTR I couldn’t help but notice the similarity of this desire of holding the ring and that of the lost love. Those who are heartbroken and betrayed, wish to hold their lost love in their arm again, one last time. They get stuck with this idea. What they fail to realize is that the past is already gone. Every moment spent thinking about the past will actually worsen the present and the future.
