Inspiring Long-Distance Relationship Quotes to Bridge the Miles

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard

A.A. Milne in "Winnie The Poo" reflects on the bittersweet nature of parting from loved ones.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

Thomas Fuller highlights how absence can deepen love, while presence solidifies it.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart

Helen Keller emphasizes the intangible nature of the most beautiful aspects of life.

If love cannot stand the test of time, then it has failed the test of love

Bernard Byer underscores the importance of love enduring over time.

Distance is not for the fearful, it is for the bold. It’s for those who are willing to spend a lot of time alone in exchange for a little time with the one they love. It’s for those knowing a good thing when they see it, even if they don’t see it nearly enough

Meghan Daum speaks to the courage and commitment required for long-distance love.

I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)

e.e. cummings poetically describes the deep connection of carrying a loved one in the heart.

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance, but live right in it, under its roof

Barbara Kingsolver encourages living fully within your hopes and dreams.

It seemed that we loved each other better when there were large swaths of two continents between us. The daily work of love was often hard to perform at home

Aleksandar Hemon reflects on the complexities of love over long distances.

When your absence is felt, your presence is the essence and it makes a difference

Michael Bassey Johnson highlights how absence can amplify the significance of presence.

If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them

Michael Bassey Johnson emphasizes the importance of independence in gaining respect from loved ones.

Tonight I can write the saddest lines. To think that I do not have her. To feel that I have lost her. To hear the immense night, still more immense without her

Pablo Neruda captures the sorrow and longing of love lost.

And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation

Khalil Gibran expresses the profound realization of love’s depth in moments of separation.

The simple lack of her is more to me than others’ presence

Edward Thomas poignantly describes how the absence of a loved one outweighs the presence of others.

Love is what you’ve been through with somebody

James Thurber defines love through shared experiences and trials.

If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart… I’ll always be with you

A.A. Milne in "Winnie the Pooh" offers reassurance and encouragement in times of separation.

I’m not telling you it is going to be easy- I am telling you it is going to be worth it

Art Williams speaks to the challenges and rewards of enduring love.

You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having

Frank Lloyd Wright emphasizes the importance of wholehearted commitment in achieving meaningful goals.

But I must admit, I miss you quite terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby

Lemony Snicket expresses the deep sense of missing a loved one.

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell

Edna St. Vincent Millay describes the void left by a loved one’s absence.

It’s been a year and 3 months since we’ve kissed, and I rather have the ghost of his mouth on my lips than kiss anyone else

Alisha Khan reflects on the enduring memory of a loved one’s kiss.

I miss you even more than I could have believed; and I was prepared to miss you a good deal

Vita Sackville-West shares the unexpected depth of missing a loved one.

That is when time stands still – when you watch the one you love, walk away

Mallika Nawal captures the heart-wrenching moment of watching a loved one leave.

When you come back you will not be you. And I may not be I

E.M. Forster reflects on how time and distance can change people.

As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delights of presence best known by the torments of absence

Alcibiades highlights how absence enhances the appreciation of presence.

Time is the longest distance between two places

Tennessee Williams succinctly describes the enduring nature of time and distance.

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love in the years we were apart

Nicholas Sparks shares the deepening of love over time and distance.

Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, then it’s not the end

Ed Sheeran offers reassurance that everything will eventually be okay.

This is the sad bed of chosen chastity because you are miles and mountains away

Erica Jong laments the physical distance separating lovers.

My dear, I think of you always and at night I build myself a warm nest of things I remember and float in your sweetness till morning

Zelda Fitzgerald cherishes the sweet memories of a loved one during lonely nights.

In many ways, the art of love is largely the art of persistence

Albert Ellis underscores the importance of persistence in love.

Nothing makes a room feel emptier than wanting someone in it

Calla Quinn poignantly describes the emptiness felt in the absence of a loved one.

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity

Albert Einstein reminds us that every challenge presents an opportunity.

Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for

Erica Jong speaks to the worthiness of love and the risks it entails.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood

Helen Keller highlights the importance of life’s lessons and experiences.

Slow down. Calm down. Don’t worry. Don’t hurry. Trust the process

Alexandra Stoddard advises patience and trust in the journey of life and love.

Love is missing someone whenever you’re apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you’re close in heart

Kay Knudson describes the warmth felt from being emotionally close despite physical distance.

I want to be with you. It’s as simple, as as complicated as that

Charles Bukowski expresses the straightforward yet complex desire to be with a loved one.

I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you

Elizabeth Barrett Browning believes in the cosmic alignment that brought love into her life.

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you

Elizabeth Barrett Browning appreciates the personal growth experienced through love.

Be the success story you’re looking for. Be the ones to survive your long distance relationship. Be the inspiration for others to follow

Dee King encourages turning a long-distance relationship into a success story.

When something is missing in your life, it usually turns out to be someone

Robert Brault highlights how often it is a person who is missing from our lives.

Without a single thought, two hands collide and the world finally makes sense again

Kayla Dawn captures the magic of a loving touch that brings clarity and meaning.

When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe

La Rochefoucauld explores the paradox of doubt and belief in love.

Don’t brood. Get on with living and loving. You don’t have forever

Leo Buscaglia urges us to live and love fully without delay.

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us

Helen Keller reminds us that deep love becomes an enduring part of us.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage

Lao Tzu explains the dual empowerment of being loved and loving deeply.

Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you

Loretta Young believes that love has a way of finding us.

Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky

Rainer Maria Rilke speaks to the beauty of loving someone while embracing the distance between.

The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time

Lawrence Durrell describes love that endures and grows over time.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers

Thich Nhat Hanh emphasizes the value of giving attention to loved ones.

I exist in two places, here and where you are

Margaret Atwood beautifully describes the feeling of existing in two places due to love.

You say good morning When it’s midnight

Jet Lag by Plain & Simple captures the time difference in long-distance relationships.

I don’t cry because we’ve been separated by distance, and for a matter of years. Why? Because for as long as we share the same sky and breathe the same air, we’re still together

Donna Lynn Hope expresses the enduring connection despite physical distance.

Our lives were now worlds apart, separated by time, circumstance, and the unbridgeable chasm of money

Travis Luedke reflects on the factors that create distance in relationships.

Absence is to love as wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small and kindles the great

Roger de Bussy-Rabutin uses a powerful metaphor to describe the effect of absence on love.

Waiting does not bother me, nor does the distance that is cropping up between us. All I want is a true commitment and to know that your heat will never change

Ting Stores speaks to the importance of commitment and unchanging love despite distance.

No matter how far you manage to go, distance will never be able to erase those beautiful memories. There is so much goodness that we shared together

Lucy Aims reminds us that distance cannot erase the good memories shared.

I have made new friends and have many new people that I know. But hey, you will always be a special part of my heart because no one has been able to replace the space you left in it

Stephen Lob acknowledges the irreplaceable space left by a loved one.

Sometimes I just sit in front of the computer dreaming. I have food in front of me but no appetite to eat it. All because my heart misses you and my mind is dreaming about you

Sandra Toms captures the longing and distraction caused by missing a loved one.

I dropped a tear in the ocean. The day you find it is the day I will stop missing you

Pam Brown uses a poetic metaphor to express the depth of missing someone.

I can bear the distance but cannot imagine a life without you. For you I will go through the distance and the heartaches. You are my one and only

Montana Lee speaks to the willingness to endure distance for the sake of love.

Does distance really matter? You love your favorite actor, drool for your favorite singer and await patiently for the next art from your favorite artist or writer. Why not the one you love?

Jane Morsel questions the significance of distance in love by comparing it to admiration for public figures.

It’s not the distance that’s the enemy, but the endless time I have to wait until I hold you in my arms

Besski Levius highlights the challenge of waiting to reunite with a loved one.

Morning without you is dwindled dawn

Emily Dickinson describes the emptiness of mornings without a loved one.

The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out

Elizabeth Bowen reflects on how absence can make us feel distant from those we love.

All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long

Sappho expresses the desire for extended time with a loved one.

The distance maybe far and wide but my heart can cover them all. The space between us is so much more but you should know that I love you so!

Linda Roy reassures that love can bridge any distance.