The bonds of friendship can make you feel close to someone, even when you're thousands of miles apart. Whether you talk every day or have let way too much time pass between conversations, this list of inspirational quotes (spoken by both famous thinkers and no one in particular) from SloDive will make you want to tell your faraway friend how much you care.

1. “There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound." - Diana Cortes

2. “If the days won’t allow us to see each other, memories will, and if my eyes can’t see you, my heart will never forget you.” - Unknown

3. “Time is the longest distance between two places.” - Tennessee Williams 

4. “Even if you are far away, you are always close to my heart. It’s good that we are far away because we learn the patience to wait for each other.” - Unknown

5. “Though we drifted apart in distance I still think of you as being right here. And although we have many new friends, it is our friendship that means the most to me.” - Unknown

6. “I’ve learned that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance.” - Unknown

7. “There is no distance too far between friends, for friendship gives wings to the heart.” - Kathy Kay Benudiz

8. “A friend allows you distance, but is never far away.” - Unknown

9. “Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely.” - Charles M. Schulz

10. “There is no long distance about love, it always finds a way to bring hearts together no matter how many miles there are between them.” - Unknown

11. “Your absence has not taught me how to be alone, it merely has shown that when together we cast a single shadow on the wall.” - Doug Fetherling

12. “Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.” - Aristotle.

13. “So what if the distance is too long? What matters is that we have the courage of love to cover any distance which dares to separate us.” - Unknown

14. “A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.” - Douglas Pagels

15. “I wish that you were here or that I were there, or that we were together anywhere.” - 'Dada Boat'

16. “Friendship lightens every burden and makes the sun shine brighter.” - Unknown

17. “Long distance relationships are like wind to a fire; it puts out the small ones, but inflames the big ones.” - Unknown

18. “We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.” - Tim McGraw

19. “Distance does not matter if two hearts are loyal to one another.” - Unknown

20. “Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.” - Cindy Lew

21. “If distance were measured in terms of the heart we’d never be more than a minute apart.” - Unknown

22. “Though miles may lie between us, we’re never far apart, for friendship doesn’t count the miles, it’s measured by the heart.” - Unknown

23. “Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes.