Generally:

"No matter how hard you pull away, I'm not going to let go of you; no matter how far you run away, I'm going to come after you."

"I miss you when you're gone."

"I always look forward to seeing you."

Specifically:

I wish he would just say "I'm sorry" for something he did recently, not saying "I'm sorry, but here's why I did it."

I wish he would give me an explanation that I could both believe and feel comforted by for why he didn't think it was worth discussing when I was finally able to verbalize directly that I loved him (after a good three years of beating around the bush and avoiding the word "love" to describe anything at all). I'm not very optimistic.