“Hey, there's a song about me called 'Jessie's Girl.' I still hear it on the radio occasionally.""Yeah, everybody wishes they had Jessie's girl," he laughed.”
“Smitty leaned forward, resting his arms on this raised knees. "I am fixin' to get mad, Jessie."You're fixin' to get mad?""Yeah.""Why don't you just get mad?""I'm not there yet. But I will be if you don't start talking to me."Smitty to Jessie Ann”
“Some day you’ll call me the one that got away.” -Jessie from Going Under.”
“And if I get it right everybody will be singing along, yeahAnd when they see you on the street they’ll say,'Hey, ain’t you the girl in that song?”
“I want what Claire has with Jessie.”
“...I only told you about it because I thought I might get a laugh out of you for once even if it wasn't the truth, Jessie. Things don't have to be true to talk about 'em, you know.”