Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years, #1)

by Gregory Maguire

“You mean you indulged in adultery and you don’t even have the benefit of a good saucy memory about it?” Nanny was scandalized.

“Shall we go walk by the edge of the lake today and maybe you’ll drown?”

“I don’t read very well. So I don’t think I think very well either.” Galinda smiled. “I dress to kill, though.”

Art was way beyond him.

“She is my world,” he answered. “Your world is too small if she is it.”

“I loved you too much to keep in touch.”