NOTABLE AND QUOTABLE

“He wasn’t looking to get high or feel good and sedated from drugs. This was a person who was not on drugs. This was a person who was seeking help, desperately, to get some sleep, to get some rest.”

Nutritionist Cherilyn Lee

On Michael Jackson pleading for a powerful sedative for persistent insomnia despite warnings it could be harmful.

“The Americans’ cowboy style was annoying. I hope our forces will be up to the task so we can return to normalcy.”

Ali Mohsen

A government employee from the mostly Shiite New Baghdad district, recounting his car journey to his brother’s home after the formal withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Baghdad and other cities.