A young soldier who serves alongside John in Charlie Company, and witnesses enormous brutality at Thuan Yen, though he claims to be innocent of any wrongdoing. Richard Thinbill is ultimately responsible for bringing John’s presence at the massacres to the public eye. Richard shows signs of PTSD, and often comments on the flies surrounding the dead bodies at My Lai and Thuan Yen.
Richard Thinbill Quotes in In the Lake of the Woods
The In the Lake of the Woods quotes below are all either spoken by Richard Thinbill or refer to Richard Thinbill. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 16
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All I remember now is the flies.
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Chapter 21
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Thinbill sighed. “I guess that’s the right attitude. Laugh it off. Fuck the spirit world.”
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Richard Thinbill Quotes in In the Lake of the Woods
The In the Lake of the Woods quotes below are all either spoken by Richard Thinbill or refer to Richard Thinbill. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 16
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All I remember now is the flies.
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Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 21
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Thinbill sighed. “I guess that’s the right attitude. Laugh it off. Fuck the spirit world.”