30 Quotes That Will Help Your Long-Distance Relationship Suck Less
If you're currently navigating a long-distance relationship, this one's for you. Because honestly, it’s probably hard for anyone outside of your experience to understand the depths of what you’re feeling. And oh, do I know how isolating that can feel.
There are days where you may miss your partner, some days where you’re grateful for space, and others where you’re just happy to have someone out there who loves you (even if they're miles, and miles, and miles away).
So we've compiled 30 relatable quotes from songs, books, and movies to get you through it—and remind you that your LDR is absolutely worth it. Remember, there's nothing wrong with needing some reassurance from time to time.
For when you’re just really missing your person:
“I would walk a thousand miles just to see you tonight.” —Vanessa Carlton, “A Thousand Miles”
“I'm only one call away. I'll be there to save the day.” —Charlie Puth, “One Call Away”
“How do you expect me to live alone with just me? Cause my world revolves around you it’s hard for me to breathe.” —Jordin Sparks, “No Air”
"I miss you quite terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.” –Lemony Snicket, The Beatrice Letters
“Morning without you is dwindled dawn.” –Emily Dickinson
“I have late night conversations with the moon. He tells me about the sun and I tell him about you.” –S.L. Gray, Skin, Bones, and Too Much Love
“It’s not the distance that’s the enemy, but the endless time I have to wait to hold you in my arms.” –Livius Besski
“And every night that we spend alone, it kills me thinking of you on your own. And I wish I was back home next to you.” —5SOS, “As Close As Strangers”
“If my voice could reach back through the past I’d whisper in your ear, ‘Oh darling I wish you were here.’” —Owl City, "Vanilla Twilight"
When you just feel happy to have someone, no matter how far:
"I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)." —e.e. Cummings
“I exist in two places, here and where you are.” —Margaret Atwood, “Corpse Song”
“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” —Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickelby
“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard?” –A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
“Distance means so little when someone means so much.”–Tom McNeal, Far Far Away
“Sweet creature, wherever I go, you bring me home.” —Harry Styles, “Sweet Creature”
“If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there?” –Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
“Some people can be so close to you even if physically far, they walk with you and stay near in every moment of your life.” –Senora Roy
“Love will travel as far as you let it. It has no limits.” —Dee King
For moments where you need a little motivation to keep on keeping on:
"Absence is to love as wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small and kindles the great.”—Roger de Bussy-Rabutin
"Love knows no distance; It hath no continent; Its eyes are for the stars." –Gilbert Parker
"In true love, the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged." –Hans Nouwens
"I won’t give up on us, even if the skies get rough, I’m giving you all my love, I’m still looking up." –Jason Mraz, “I Won't Give Up”
“I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love in the years we were apart.” –Nicholas Sparks, Dear John
“If you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal; If you believe, we shall never part.” –Ben Harper, “Roses From My Friends”
"And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation." —Khalil Gibran, The Prophet
“Separation is not the end of love; It creates love.” –Nancy Friday
“Goodbyes are bittersweet. But it's not the end. I'll see your face again.” —One Direction, “Walking in the Wind”
“Missing someone can hurt. But when you know they are yours forever, negativity helps avert.” –Trishna Damodar, Bag Exchange
“I believe in the immeasurable power of love; That true love can endure any circumstance and reach across any distance.” –Steve Maraboli
“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, The Last Song
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