100 Long-Distance Relationships Quotes to Bring You Closer

Long-distance relationships are not for the fainthearted. These relationships require a lot of time and patience to navigate correctly. Exciting opportunities for love, as well as unique challenges, both present themselves when you span your love over the miles.

They are full of plane tickets, lonely nights, and lots of patience. They are also fun, loving, and completely rewarding, especially when both partners put in earnest effort.

No matter how much the odds are stacked against you in a long-distance relationship, always remember that the greater the rigor, the sweeter the reward.

Here are some of the best long-distance relationship quotes to make your heart yearn for the one you love and give you a reason to keep fighting for each other.

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10 best long-distance relationship quotes

Here are the ten best long-distance relationship quotes. You can read these quotes as you miss your partner or even send them to let them know that you miss them. Here are the ten best long-distance love quotes.

1. Distance in one’s relationship does not define their ability to love someone. No matter how long the distance may be in your relationship, you can always find them within you.
2. The construct of love goes beyond the grasp of space and time. No matter the distance, a relationship can persevere if you believe in the love for one another. Even though the idea of a long-distance relationship is daunting, love can help you bridge the greatest of distance.
3. As tedious as it can be, being in a long-distance relationship presents an opportunity for both partners to test their love for each other and, in time, strengthen it.
4. Test of your love lies in your ability to maneuver a long-distance relationship. No matter how far you may find yourself from your partner you can always find a way to work things through.
5. The beauty of a relationship lies in the possibility of sharing your life with someone else, be it good or bad. So, don’t let a long-distance relationship take away your prospect of a happy life.
6. The sadness that you may feel when you embark on a long-distance relationship is followed by the joy of coming back to each other. It makes you realize how important someone can be in your life.
7. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. – Hellen Keller
8. Absence is to love as wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small and kindles the great. – Roger de Bussy-Rabutin
9. 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
10. 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

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10 long-distance relationships quotes for him

Here are ten long-distance relationship quotes you can send him to make him feel loved.

11. Missing someone gets easier everyday because even though you are one day further from the last time you saw them, you are one day closer to the next time you will. – Peyton Sawyer
12. 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
13. Distance makes the heart grow fonder. – Thomas Haynes Bayly
14. The distance may be 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
15. Love will travel as far as you let it. It has no limits. – Dee King
16. I exist in two places, here and where you are. – Margaret Atwood
17. Distance is not for the fearful, it’s 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 who know a good thing when they see it, even if they don’t see it nearly enough. – Meghan Daum
18. Your absence has not taught me how to be alone; it has merely shown me that when together we cast a single shadow on the wall. – Doug Fetherling
19. Distance between two people is inconsequential when their souls are united. – Matshona Dhliwayo
20. Distance teaches us to appreciate the days that we are able to spend together and also teaches us the definition of patience. It is a reminder that every moment together is special, and every second together should be cherished. – Unknown

10 long-distance relationship quotes for her

Love quotes for her in long-distance can make her feel special. Here are ten love quotes that you can send your partner to tell them you are thinking of them. Read these long-distance missing you quotes you can read or send to her.

21. I’m not telling you it is going to be easy- I am telling you it is going to be worth it. – Art Williams
22. Definition of a long-distance relationship: Inconveniently the most effective way to find out if you really love each other. – Unknown
23. It’s been a year and 3 months since we’ve kissed, and I would rather have the ghost of his mouth on my lips than kiss anyone else. – Alisha Khan
24. long-distance relationships are hard, but they’re also incredible. If you can love, trust, respect, and support each other from a distance then you’ll be unstoppable once you’re physically together. – Unknown
25. In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged. – Hans Nouwens
26. As contraries are known by contraries, so are the delights of presence best known by the torments of absence. – Alcibiades
27. I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love in the years we were apart. – Nicholas Sparks
28. This is the sad bed of chosen chastity because you are miles and mountains away. – Erica Jong
29. What I have with you is worth it. It is worth every lonely night, every tear I cry from missing you, and the pain I feel from not having you close. It is worth it because you are my one and only. When I picture myself years from now, I see only you. No matter how painful distance can be, not having you in my life would be worse. – Unknown
30. If distance were measured in terms of the heart we’d never be more than a minute apart. – Unknown

10 romantic long-distance relationship quotes

Here are ten of the most romantic long-distance relationship quotes. Read these quotes on long-distance relationships.

31. No matter where I am, no matter where I go, your heart is my northern light, I will always find my way home. – Michael Kilby
32. Ocean separates lands, not souls. – Munia Khan
33. I found that I missed him the more he was absent from my life, and the more I missed him, the more I loved him. – Donna Lynn Hope
34. And one by one, the nights between our separated cities are joined to the night that unites us. – Pablo Neruda
35. The value of love is slowly lost when we have way too much. There is just no time to appreciate it. It is in times of separation and distance that you truly understand the meaning of love. – Tiffany Health
36. Distance never separates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the miles and in seconds we are there. But whenever I start feeling sad, because I miss you, I remind myself how lucky I am to have someone so special to miss. – Cheryl Ott
37. While I sleep, I dream of you, and when I wake, I long to hold you in my arms. If anything, our time apart has only made me more certain that I want to spend my nights by your side, and my days with your heart. – Nicholas Sparks
38. Morning without you is dwindling dawn. – Emily Dickinson
39. Once trust is built, distance cannot kill it. Time and space alone cannot destroy authentic connection. – Veronika Tugaleva
40. Love knows no distance, it hath no continent, it’s eyes are for the stars. – Gilbert Parker

10 cute long-distance relationship quotes 

If you want to put a smile on your long-distance partner’s face, here are some cute love long-distance quotes you can send them.

41. I wonder why people still underestimate the authenticity of long-distance relationships. I fell in love with his soul before I could even touch his skin. If that isn’t true love, then please tell me what is. – Unknown
42. long-distance is not for daydreamers. It is for believers like us. We believe. – Unknown
43. I hate waiting. But if waiting means being able to be with you, I’ll wait for as long as forever to be with you. – Unknown
44. Distance sometimes lets you know who is worth keeping and who’s worth letting go. – Lana Del Rey
45. He touched my soul long before I knew what his hands felt like. – Nikki Rowe
46. The tough part of having a long-distance relationship is the fight. Normal people can fight and make up by talking face to face. That gets a lot more difficult in a long-distance relationship. – Unknown
47. Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age. – John Dryden
48. I never got to tell him again that he really was wrong, that miles didn’t matter, not if you loved someone. That borders and oceans weren’t obstacles, not for the mind. I wished I’d been able to tell him these things, because saying them out loud to someone real, instead of a mirror or a picture postcard, would have made them all the more convincing. – Emylia Hall
49. If anyone asks me ‘What is Hell?’ I would answer ‘Distance between two people who love each other. – Unknown
50. Forget the miles, forget them. You’ll be there and I’ll be here, and it’ll just be long-distance. And that’ll be okay, because quite frankly I’m crazy about you.”– Going the Distance. – Unknown

10 surviving long-distance relationship quotes

Long-distance relationships can be difficult to survive. Here are ten quotes on surviving a long-distance relationship.

51. True love can endure any circumstance and reach across any distance. – Steve Maraboli
52. Being in a long-distance relationship is like being in school all over again: Distance teaches us to appreciate the days that we get to spend together and how to define patience. It reminds us that every moment together is special, and every second together should be cherished… And just like when I was in school, I’d rather skip class and kiss you in the stairwell. – Lisa McKay
53. The stars lean down to kiss you, as I lie awake I miss you. Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere ‘Cause I’ll doze off safe and soundly But I’ll miss your arms around me ‘Cause I wish you were here. – Unknown
54. 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
55. 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
56. 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
57. Distance gives us a reason to love harder. 
58. In true love the smallest distance is too great and the greatest distance can be bridged. – Hans Nouwens
59. Love will travel as far as you let it. It has no limits. – Dee King
60. Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.- Kahlil Gibran

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10 quotes for military long-distance relationships

If you are in a long-distance relationship because one partner is in the military, here are some long-distance relationship quotes for you.

61. If you love someone more than anything, then distance only matters to the mind, not to the heart.
62. That farewell kiss which resembles greeting, that last glance of love which becomes the sharpest pang of sorrow. – George Eliot
63. As contraries are known by contraries, so are the delights of presence best known by the torments of absence. – Alcibiades
64. “I tell you goodnight with tears in my eyes, I wish I was there curled up by your side. Time passes, but not fast enough. I try to be strong but I am not tough enough. When I feel your embrace it will be alright, but my heart aches for you now on this lonely night.”
65. I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart). – E.E. Cummings
66. Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches. – Miguel de Cervantes
67. If you think missing me is hard, you should try missing you. – Unknown
68. But nothing makes a room feel emptier than wanting someone in it. – Calla Quinn
69. The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again. – Charles Dickens
70. Your absence has not taught me how to be alone; it has merely shown me that when together we cast a single shadow on the wall. – Doug Fetherling

10 motivational quotes for long-distance relationships

Long-distance relationships can be difficult. Here are ten motivational quotes for long-distance relationships. Check out these inspirational messages for a long-distance relationship.

71. The art of love is largely the art of persistence.- Albert Ellis
72. Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age. – John Dryden
73. Distance unites missing beats of two hearts in love. – Munia Khan
74. I believe in the immeasurable power of love; that true love can endure any circumstance and reach across any distance. – Steve Maraboli
75. Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. – Thomas Fuller
76. We were together even when we were apart. – Shannon A. Thompson
77. If you listen to the wind very carefully, you’ll be able to hear me whisper my love for you. – Andrew Davidson
78. Missing someone is a part of loving them. If you’re never apart, you’ll never really know how strong your love is.
79. Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars. – Gilbert Parker
80. Distance between two people is inconsequential when their souls are united. – Matshona Dhliwayo

10 sad long-distance relationship quotes

81. I dropped a tear in the ocean. The day you find it is the day I will stop missing you.
82. Come home soon and ease this pain of missing you. You’re my rhythm; My music is incomplete without you.
83. I miss you. I miss you and me together. I miss us.
84. I miss the smiles. I miss the laughs. I miss the hugs. I miss love. I miss talking to you every day.
85. Any puzzle is incomplete without a piece, you are my life’s most beautiful puzzle, come and complete it. Miss you lots!
86. Soon never seems soon enough to be back with you my love.
87. Without you, it feels like there is no me.
88. 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
89. The simple lack of her is more to me than others’ presence. – Edward Thomas
90. I hate distance which takes you away from me, but I love distance which takes your heart closer to mine.

10 funny long-distance relationship quotes

Here are ten long-distance relationship quotes to tickle your funny bone.

91. If anyone asks me “what is hell?” I would answer “Distance between two people who love each other.
92. That, “You hang up first,” No, YOU hang up first” crap is really only funny the first two or three hundred times.
93. I miss you like an idiot misses the point.
94. I wish I could copy and paste you into my bed.
95. I am in my bed. You are in your bed. One of us is in the wrong place.
96. They say long-distance relationships will teach you to communicate well… We should be mind-readers by now.
97. When something is missing in your life, it usually turns out to be someone.
98. I love you. You also annoy me more than I ever thought possible, but I want to spend every irritating minute with you.
99. The rules of long-distance relationships should be the same as those posted at public pools: Walk, don’t run. And no diving in headfirst, even if the water looks deep enough.
100. Want to learn how someone really handles frustration? Put them in a long-distance relationship and give them a slow internet connection.”

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Conclusion

A long-distance relationship can be tough to deal with and sustain. Love, trust, clear communication, and expressing your love through the mediums available is important. You can always use these quotes to let them know your feelings when you cannot find the right words to express your feelings.