120 Heartfelt Quotes for Long Distance Relationships

Long distance relationships can be challenging, but they also offer a unique opportunity to strengthen the bond between two people. When physical proximity isn’t possible, words can bridge the gap, offering comfort and reaffirming love. Here are 120 heartfelt quotes to inspire and uplift those navigating the trials and triumphs of long-distance love.

Classic Long Distance Love Quotes

“Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” — Thomas Haynes Bayly

“Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.” — Gilbert Parker

“Distance means so little when someone means so much.” — Tom McNeal

“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” — Charles Dickens

“In true love, the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.” — Hans Nouwens

“Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age.” — John Dryden

“If love cannot stand the test of time, then it has failed the test of love.” — Bernard Byer

“Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.” — Miguel de Cervantes

“I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart).” — E.E. Cummings

“Love will travel as far as you let it. It has no limits.” — Dee King

“Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.” — Thomas Fuller

“True love doesn’t mean being inseparable; it means being separated and nothing changes.” — Unknown

“The simple lack of her is more to me than others’ presence.” — Edward Thomas

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

“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

Modern Long Distance Love Quotes

“I exist in two places, here and where you are.” — Margaret Atwood

“Love is not finding someone to live with. It’s finding someone you can’t live without.” — Rafael Ortiz

“Distance is just a test of how far love can travel.” — Unknown

“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

“You know it’s true love when no matter how far the distance is, he can still make you smile.” — Unknown

“Our separation of each other is an optical illusion of consciousness.” — Albert Einstein

“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” — A.A. Milne

“Distance between two people is inconsequential when their souls are united.” — Matshona Dhliwayo

“Sometimes, the people who are thousands of miles away from you can make you feel better than people right beside you.” — Unknown

“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.” — Meghan Daum

“Love will travel as far as you let it. It has no limits.” — Dee King

“Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent.” — Ben Harper

“Our lives were now worlds apart, separated by time, circumstance, and the unbridgeable chasm of money.” — Travis Luedke

“The longer the wait, the sweeter the kiss.” — Unknown

“Absence is to love as wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small and kindles the great.” — Roger de Bussy-Rabutin

Inspirational Long Distance Love Quotes

“Distance gives us a reason to love harder.” — Anon

“Ocean separates lands, not souls.” — Munia Khan

“Love bridges any distance and breaches any barriers. Soon you and I will be together, and the space between us now will be nothing but a memory.” — Steve Maraboli

“Distance is to love as wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small and kindles the great.” — Roger de Bussy-Rabutin

“Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, then it’s not the end.” — Ed Sheeran

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” — Lao Tzu

“Distance is not for the fearful; it is for the bold.” — Anon

“I believe in the immeasurable power of love; that true love can endure any circumstance and reach across any distance.” — Steve Maraboli

“Love knows no distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.” — Gilbert Parker

“True love is the absence of fear. It doesn’t go away, even when things get hard and the distance seems unbearable.” — Anon

“Distance means so little when someone means so much.” — Anon

“You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having.” — Frank Lloyd Wright

“Your absence has not taught me to be alone, it merely has shown that when together we cast a single shadow on the wall.” — Doug Fetherling

“True love stands by each other’s side on good days and stands closer on bad days.” — Unknown

“The scariest thing about distance is you don’t know if they’ll miss you or forget about you.” — Nicholas Sparks

Funny Long Distance Love Quotes

“Love is missing someone whenever you’re apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you’re close in heart.” — Kay Knudsen

“I miss you like an idiot misses the point.” — Anon

“True love is like a pair of socks. You gotta have two and they’ve gotta match.” — Unknown

“Love is being stupid together.” — Paul Valery

“Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely.” — Charles M. Schulz

“I miss you a little too much, a little too often, and a little more each day.” — Unknown

“If love was a storybook, we’d meet on the very first page.” — Unknown

“The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected.” — Nicholas Sparks

“I wish that you were here or I were there or we were together anywhere.” — Dr. Seuss

“You’re too far for my hands to hold you, but too near for my heart to love you.” — Heraline

“I wonder if we ever think about each other at the same time.” — Unknown

“Distance means so little when someone means so much.” — Unknown

“Together forever, never apart. Sometimes in distance, but never in heart.” — Unknown

“Love is not finding someone to live with. It’s finding someone you can’t live without.” — Rafael Ortiz

“The simple lack of her is more to me than others’ presence.” — Edward Thomas

Encouragement for Long Distance Relationships

“No matter how painful distance can be, not having you in my life would be worse.” — Anon

“I will wait for you because honestly, I don’t want anyone else.” — Anon

“When you come back, you will not be you. And I may not be I.” — E.M. Forster

“Sometimes you have to be apart from the people you love, but that doesn’t make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.” — Nicholas Sparks

“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