There’s that old saying, “out of sight, out of mind.” But sometimes, that is just the furthest thing from the truth, and you just can’t help but long to be with the one from whom you are apart. Maybe it’s your best friend you are missing, who has moved far away. Perhaps it is your beloved grandparent, whom you haven’t seen in months due to the pandemic. It could be your soulmate that your heart is aching for… or the love of your life, the one that got away. While the feelings you have for each of those special people are a different kind of love, they each leave a hole in your heart when they are gone.
Whether you are looking for a sweet message to let a loved one know that you miss their presence in your everyday life, or seeking a sense of peace and solace over someone who is no longer a part of your life, we have collected 101 “Missing You” quotes that we think will deeply resonate with your lonely heart.
“Missing You” Quotes For Him
1. “I miss you every second of every minute, every minute of every hour, every hour of every day.” ― Shanece
2. “Missing someone, they say, is self-centered. I self-center you more than ever.” ― Saša Stanišić, How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
3. “If you never left again, I would still spend the rest of my life missing you.” — Tessa Bailey, Too Hot to Handle
4. “In case you ever foolishly forget: I am never not thinking of you.” — Virginia Woolf
5. “You’re everywhere except right here and it hurts.” — Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers
6. “If I miss you any harder, my heart might come looking for you.” — Gemma Troy
7. “Poets use countless words to describe their pain, but I only need three: I miss you.” ― Caroline George, Dearest Josephine
8. “You’re too far for my hands to hold you, but too near for my heart to love you.” — Laetitia Matilda Hawkins, Heraline
9. “How is it that he’s always in my thoughts even when I am not thinking?” — Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos
10. “I felt like I was leaving a piece of my soul behind the moment you left. And every second that passes, I miss you like that, times a million.” – J.A. Huss, Panic
11. “Listen to the sunset; see its pretty hue. When you see it, think of me, and I’ll think of you.” ― Oksana Rus
12. “I would prefer to be kissing you rather than missing you.” — Unknown
13. “I keep myself busy with the things I do, but every time I pause, I still think of you.” — Cecelia Ahern
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. “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
16. “I think about you constantly, whether it’s with my mind or my heart.” — Terri Guillemets
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“Missing You” Quotes For Her
17. “The pain of missing you is a beautiful reminder of the joy of loving you.” – Dean Jackson, The Love in Blue Verses
18. “I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.” – Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
19. “No, I can’t close my eyes without you in my dreams.” — Luke Bryan, “I See You”
20. “There’s solace in the thought that I will never finish missing her.” — Jim Crace, Harvest
21. “I’ve missed you every single day we weren’t together since the moment I met you.” — Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love
22. “But I must admit, I miss you quite terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.” — Lemony Snicket, The Beatrice Letters
23. “I miss you a little. A little too much, a little too often, and a little bit more every day.” — John Michael Montgomery, “I Miss You A Little”
24. “Knowing someone isn’t coming back doesn’t mean you ever stop waiting.” — Toby Barlow
25. “Missing you comes in waves, and tonight I’m drowning.” — Chris Young, “Drowning”
26. “I only miss you when I’m breathing.” — Jason Derulo, “Breathing”
27. “You know someone is very special to you when days just don’t seem right without them.” — John Cena
28. “I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.” — Nicholas Sparks, Dear John
29. “Missing you is my hobby, caring for you is my job, making you happy is my duty, and loving you is my life.” — Anonymous
30. “For when the cold winds blow, I will close my eyes calmly knowing I am anchored to you.” — Tyler Knott Gregson, “Bent Tree In Wind”
31. “Do you know I never ever feel bored, never ever feel lonely, because you are always in my thoughts, morning, afternoon and night?” — Mitch Cuento
32. “Although we are miles apart, the thought and touch of you lives within my heart. It is for that reason, my dear, you will always feel near, even though we are thousands of miles apart.” — Andrew Guzaldo
“Missing You” Quotes For Family
33. “Even though I miss you so much, it comforts me to know that we are at least both under the same sky.” — Unknown
34. “Love is missing someone whenever you’re apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you’re close in heart.” — Kay Knudsen
35. “Distance means so little when someone means so much.” – Tom McNeal, Far Far Away
36. “Distance is just a test of how far love can travel.” — Unknown
37. “You realize how much you truly miss someone when something happens, good or bad, and the only person you want to tell is the one person who isn’t there.” — Unknown
38. “You will always be with me, like a handprint on my heart.” — Unknown
39. “There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” – Mahatma Gandhi
40. “Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely.” — Charles M. Schulz
41. “I wonder if we think of each other at the same moments?” — Unknown
42. “No matter where you go you will always be in my heart.” – Anthony T. Hincks
43. “A father’s love is forever imprinted on his child’s heart.” – Jennifer Williamson
44. “A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dates all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.” — Agatha Christie, The Last Séance
45. “Close together or far apart, you’re forever in my heart.” — Unknown
“Missing You” Quotes For Friends
46. “You never really stop missing someone — you just learn to live around the huge gaping hole of their absence.” — Alyson Noel, Evermore
47. “There are friendships imprinted in our hearts that will never be diminished by time and distance.” – Dodinsky
48. “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” — Helen Keller
49. “I just hugged you in my thoughts… Hope you felt the squeeze!” — Unknown
50. “Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.” — Unknown
51. “True friends are never apart. Maybe in distance but never in heart.” — Unknown
52. “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” – Elisabeth Foley
53. “Words fall short whenever I want to tell you how special you are to me, but all I can say is, that my world is full of smiles whenever I think of you.”— Natalie Anderson
“Missing You” Quotes About Longing
54. “But nothing makes a room feel emptier than wanting someone in it.” ― Calla Quinn, All The Time
55. “You can never love people as much as you miss them.” ― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
56. “That’s how you know you love someone, I guess, when you can’t experience anything without wishing the other person were there to see it, too.” ― Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
57. “Words can’t describe the ache that runs through my body when I’m missing you.” — Unknown
58. “If you cannot hold me in your arms, then hold my memory in high regard. And if I cannot be in your life, then at least let me live in your heart.” ― Ranata Suzuki
59. “As long as we share the same sky and breathe the same air, we’re still together.” — Donna Lynn Hope
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60. “I miss you more than the sun misses the sky at night.” ― Unknown
61. “If I never met you, I wouldn’t like you. If I didn’t like you, I wouldn’t love you. If I didn’t love you, I wouldn’t miss you. But I did, I do, and I will.” ― Unknown
62. “Perhaps one day we will meet again as characters in a different story, maybe we’ll share a lifetime then.” — Pavana
63. “Without you here, the sun forgets to shine.” — Anonymous
64. “I started missing you the moment you said goodbye.” — Anonymous
65. “Today is just another day of trying to get by without you.” — Ranata Suzuki
66. “Tonight, I look up searching for you among the stars.” – Tilicia Haridat
67. “I’ll love you forever. Even when I can’t.” — Colleen Hoover, Confess
68. “When you’re not here, I feel my heart isn’t either.” — Unknown
69. “My heart was broken and my head was just barely inhabitable.” — Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies
70. “Must I wonder if your thoughts are of me? If you are missing me, wanting me, creating heart beats and poet-less words for me? [ i do…]” ― N’Zuri Za Austin
71. “I wake to you everywhere. Yet you are not here.” — Nayyirah Waheed, “Salt”
72. When we miss someone, often, what we really miss is the part of us that this someone awakens.” — Luigina Sgarro
73. “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
74. “You happened, and absence never felt so real.” – Perry Poetry
75. “I dropped a tear in the ocean. The day you find it is the day I will stop missing you.” — Unknown
76. “There was nowhere I could go that wouldn’t be you.” — Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
77. “A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty.” — Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking
78. “Sometimes I wonder if you will miss me this much if I disappear.” — Unknown
79. “I wonder how much of the day I spend just calling after you.” — Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
80. “My heart never knew loneliness until you went away. I’m missing you.” — Unknown
81. “If you think missing me is hard, then you should try missing you.” — Theofilos
82. “Think I’ll miss you forever. Like the stars miss the sun in the mornin’ sky.” — Lana Del Rey, “Summertime Sadness”
83. “I wish I had done everything on earth with you.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
84. “Long after I have given up, my heart still searches for you without my permission.” — Rudy Francisco
85. “I miss your voice because it is a symphony; your scent because it is a treasure; your smile because it is a jewel; your hug because it is a masterpiece; and your kiss because it is a miracle.” — Matshona Dhliwayo
86. “What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you.” — Richard Wilbur, Opposites
87. “I’ll hold you in my heart, ‘till I can hold you in my arms.” – Eddy Arnold, “I’ll Hold You in My Heart”
88. “And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” — Khalil Gibran, The Prophet
89. “You are worth every mile between us.” — Unknown
90. “The air I breathe in a room empty of you is unhealthy.” — John Keats
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91. “I love you past the moon and miss you beyond the stars.” — JmStorm
92. “How strange to dream of you even when I am wide awake.” — David Jones
93. “I left the light in my heart on in case you ever wanted to come back home.” — Lennon Hodson
94. “You are the person I’ll never stop looking for in a crowded place.” — wtm
95. “I think of you with every waking moment of my life and dream of you with every dream that I have; I miss you.” — Kong Muoa
96. “I think about you now and then about all the mornings that could have been.” — Atticus
97. “They say that time heals all wounds but all it’s done so far is give me more time to think about how much I miss you.” — Elizabeth Wilder
98. “When I’m with you hours feel like seconds. When we’re apart days feel like years.” — Anonymous
99. “No matter how bad things got between us I still miss you and wish nothing but the best for you.” — Unknown
100. “Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.” – Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
101. “Remembering our loved ones is breathing life into their fading images, that we might once more see their faces and pass along a tearful ‘I miss you.’” – Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
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