47 Missing You Quotes That Capture The Bittersweet Emptiness

A collection of missing you quotes that capture the burning desire and the heart-wrenching emptiness at the same time.

“He is in my heart, but not by my side.”

If you’ve been in a long-distance relationship, or have lost a loved one, you understand the pain of missing someone. 

The more you are attached to them, the more it hurts when they are gone. When they are not by your side, there seems to be an empty hole that is impossible to fill.

The party is no longer fun without their accompany. The house is no longer warm without their presence. 

It is a mixed feeling to think about someone that’s not there. And it hurts not to be able to hold them in our arms. But at the same time, it reminds us how important they are and how deeply we are in love. 

If you have someone in your mind but not by your side, pick one of these bittersweet missing you quotes and send to them. Or keep these quotes for yourself if it’s time to let go. 

At least we’re under the same sky.

You’re too far for my hands to hold you, but too near for my heart to love you.
– Heraline

I want to do it all with you, the good, the bad, and the dirty.
– Georgy

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.
– A.A.Milne

I miss you every second of every minute, every minute of every hour, every hour of every day.
– Shanece

You may be out of my sight, but never out of my mind.

“How much do you miss me?”
“I have a built-in miss-o-meter just for you.”
– Inspired by Alexandra Adornetto

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If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever. 
– Alfred Tennyson

So for now, I will miss you like I’ll never see you again.
And the next time I see you, I will kiss you like I’ll never kiss you again
– Charlotte Eriksson

We all take different paths in life. But no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.
– Tim McGraw

Just because I’m not forever by your side doesn’t mean that’s not precisely where I want to be.
– Stephanie Laurens

I like me better when I’m with you.

Be ready, because when I see you, I’ll never let you go again.
– Veronica Rossi

Let me wake up next to you, have coffee in the morning, and wander through the city with your hand in mine.
– Charlotte Eriksson

Love is missing someone whenever you’re apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you’re close in heart.
– Kay Knudsen

Falling in love with you isn’t a choice, either is missing you so badly.

They think I’m drunk. But I’m just intoxicated by your absence.

I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.
– Paulo Coelho

I screenshot every moment with my head when we were together so I can go through every single one of them when we are apart.

I wish I could lock your lips with mine and never let you go.
– Georgy

I wish I were kissing you instead of missing you.

Not a single moment spent missing you is wasted.

She had him always in her closed eyes.
– Atticus Poetry

I have waited for so long.
I need you to come to me and remind me of who I was once.
– Kamand Kojouri

Sometimes I just want to sit outside with someone and talk all night.

It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
– John Steinbeck

You never really stop missing someone-you just learn to live around the huge gaping hole of their absence.
– Alyson Noel

I did the searching and remembering. She did the disappearing and forgetting.
– Ann Brashare

Knowing someone isn’t coming back doesn’t mean you ever stop waiting.
– Toby Barlow

You know someone is very special to you when days just don’t seem right without them.
– John Cena

It’s hard being left behind. It’s hard to be the one who stays.
– Audrey Niffenegger

I hate that I miss you and there’s nothing I can do about it.

Table for one, drinks for two.

You happened, and absence never felt so real.
– Perry Poet

Nothing makes a room feel emptier than wanting someone in it. 
– Calla Quinn

There was nowhere I could go that wouldn’t be you.
– Jeffrey Eugenides

There’s nothing good about goodnight when it means goodbye.
– Jeff Thomas

Sometimes I wonder if you will miss me this much if I disappear.

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

I wonder how much of the day I spend just calling after you. 
– Harper Lee

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Why is love intensified by absence?
– Audrey Niffenegger

Your absence leaves a void. Without you, I can’t cope.
– Rumi

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely.
– Charles M. Schulz

I still wake with your name on my lips every morning.
– Melina Marchetta

I won’t ever leave you, even though you’re always leaving me.
– Audrey Niffenegger

As long as we share the same sky and breathe the same air, we’re still together.
– Donna Lynn Hope

How is it that he’s always in my thoughts even when I am not thinking? 
– Sanober Khan

A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty. 
– Joan Didion

You can decorate absence however you want- but your still gonna feel what’s missing. 
– Siobhan Vivian

If you are missing someone, you are not alone. We all, at some point of life, think about people that we can’t be with. Stay strong, because the meant-to-be will always find a way.

If these missing you quotes resonate with you, don’t forget to share with your loved one to tell them how you feel.