"How could Margot say something like that?
 
What made sex so integral that people couldn't separate the emotional love they felt from one physical act?

Love shouldn't hinge solely on exposing your physical body to another person.  Love was intangible.  Universal.  It was whatever someone wanted it to be and should be respected as such.  For Alice, it was staying up late and talking about nothing and everything and anything because you didn't want to sleep - you'd miss them too much.  It was catching yourself smiling at them because wow, how does this person exist??  before they caught you.  It was the intimacy of shared secrets.  The comfort of unconditional acceptance.  It was a confidence in knowing no matter what happened that person would always be there for you."
-Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann