110 ‘Missing You’ Quotes for Your Sweetheart, Family or Friends

Michelle Parkerton

Mon, June 12, 2023 at 7:05 PM UTC

13 min read

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 someone who isn't there. 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. 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 110 “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.” ― Sa?a Stani?i?, 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. “I miss you deeply, unfathomably, senselessly, terribly.” — Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

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. “In case you ever foolishly forget: I am never not thinking of you.” — Virginia Woolf

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

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

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

102. "They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but I don't think it's possible for you to miss me as much as I'm missing you right now.” ― Edna St. Vincent Millay

103. "My library is an archive of longings.” ― Susan Sontag

104. "I don’t know what they are called, the spaces between seconds– but I think of you always in those intervals.” ― Salvador Plascencia

105. "We are homesick most for the places we have never known.” ― Carson McCullers

106. "If you don't receive love from the ones who are meant to love you, you will never stop looking for it.” ― Robert Goolrick

107. "He is half of my soul, as the poets say. He will be dead soon, and his honor is all that will remain. – Patroclus in Madeline Miller's Song of Achilles

108. “I’ll be back so soon you won’t have time to miss me. Look after my heart–I’ve left it with you.” — Edward in Stephenie Meyer's New Moon

109. "Alone and longing for you / now I do" — June Jordan, Poem for Haruko

110. Whenever / However this ends, / I want you to know, that right now, / I love you forever / I love you for the hardest mile we walked together." — Andrea Gibson, How It Ends

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