Long-distance relationships are the definition of bittersweet. It’s so fun to be together, but so heartbreaking to have to say goodbye. You feel so lucky to love someone so much, but so sad you can’t see them nearly as often as you want. Distance can make the heart grow fonder, sure, but it can also kind of just…suck! And that’s valid! We see you, we feel you, we literally are you. You’re not alone.

The good news is (and we swear, there is good news), there is no shortage of ways to stay connected while you’re apart. With a little bit of creativity, long-distance date nights, anniversaries, and holidays can still be special and bring you closer. Thanks to ever-evolving tech, you can even invest in a long-distance sex toy to keep your relationship just as spicy as if you were together IRL. And in many ways, the communication skills you’re forced to build as a long-distance couple can serve you well for the day you finally come back together full-time. Not being able to see each other in person on a regular basis means having to prioritize regular texts, calls, emails, love notes—whatever your preferred form of communication might be, and that can ultimately make you better communicators in the long run.

Making sure your partner knows exactly how you feel about them and what your relationship means to you can be an essential part of keeping your bond tight when you can’t be together. We put together the long distance relationship quotes below to help you do just that. When words fall short, or even if you just find them hard to express, we compiled some of the most poetic, meaningful, sweet quotes from poems, songs, pop culture, and more.

For the days you’re feeling extra-mushy, super in love, or just a little emo about missing your person (it happens!), indulge in the below, write your favorite in a card or text, and let your lover know exactly what they mean to you.

Long-Distance Relationship Quotes For When You’re Really Missing Your Partner:

  1. “I would walk a thousand miles just to see you tonight.” —Vanessa Carlton, “A Thousand Miles”
  2. “I'm only one call away. I'll be there to save the day.” —Charlie Puth, “One Call Away”
  3. “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”
  4. "I miss you quite terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.” –Lemony Snicket, The Beatrice Letters
  5. “Morning without you is dwindled dawn.” –Emily Dickinson
  6. “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
  7. “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
  8. “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”
  9. “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"
  10. "And this is when the feeling sinks in, I don't want to miss you like this. Come back, be here." —Taylor Swift, "Come Back, Be Here"
  11. "If these sheets were the states, and you were miles away, I'd fold them end over end to bring you closer to me." —All Time Low, "If These Sheets Were States"
  12. "We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year. Running over the same old ground, what have we found? The same old fears. Wish you were here." —Pink Floyd, "Wish You Were Here"
  13. "I wish you could hold me here shaking, you're the risk, I'm gonna take it. Why aren't you here in my bedroom? Hopelessly boring without you." —Gracie Abrams, "Risk"

Long-Distance Relationship Quotes For When You're Just Happy You Have Each Other:

  1. "I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)." —e.e. Cummings
  2. “I exist in two places, here and where you are.” —Margaret Atwood, “Corpse Song”
  3. “The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” —Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickelby
  4. “How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard?” –A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
  5. “Distance means so little when someone means so much.”–Tom McNeal, Far Far Away
  6. “Sweet creature, wherever I go, you bring me home.” —Harry Styles, “Sweet Creature”
  7. “If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there?” –Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
  8. “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
  9. “Love will travel as far as you let it. It has no limits.” —Dee King
  10. "A thousand miles seems pretty far, but they've got planes and trains and cars, I'd walk to you if I had no other way." —Plain White T's, "Hey There Delilah"
  11. "If I was a bluebird, I would fly to you. You'd be the spoon, dip you in honey so I could be sticking to you." —Harry Styles, "Daylight"
  12. "I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you directly without problems or pride: I love you like this because I don't know any other way to love, except in this form in which I am not nor are you, so close that your hand upon my chest is mine, so close that your eyes close within my dreams." —Pablo Neruda, One Hundred Love Sonnets: XVII
  13. "i don't remember my past lives, but if i have lived previously, you were certainly there. if this is a new opportunity for us, let's make sure to do it all, better than before." —yung pueblo, the way forward

Long-Distance Relationship Quotes For Moments When You Need Motivation:

  1. "Absence is to love as wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small and kindles the great.”—Roger de Bussy-Rabutin
  2. "Love knows no distance; It hath no continent; Its eyes are for the stars." –Gilbert Parker
  3. "In true love, the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged." –Hans Nouwens
  4. "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”
  5. “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
  6. “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”
  7. "And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation." —Khalil Gibran, The Prophet
  8. “Separation is not the end of love; It creates love.” –Nancy Friday
  9. “Goodbyes are bittersweet. But it's not the end. I'll see your face again.” —One Direction, “Walking in the Wind”
  10. “Missing someone can hurt. But when you know they are yours forever, negativity helps avert.” –Trishna Damodar, Bag Exchange
  11. “I believe in the immeasurable power of love; That true love can endure any circumstance and reach across any distance.” –Steve Maraboli
  12. “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
  13. "It's my strength for holding on, every minute that I have to be gone, I'll have everything I'll ever need, I'm carrying your love with me." —George Strait, "Carrying Your Love With Me"
  14. "What is stronger than the human heart, which shatters over and over and still lives." —Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers