“Please forgive me," Pleasant said, then aimed the gun at the girl and pulled the trigger.”

— Derek Landy

Source: Playing with Fire

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Irish children's writer 1974

Mark Chapman (1955) American assassin

Mark Chapman http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/940986.stm

“I can't do this to you,' he said, drawing back. Emily put her hand on his and pulled the gun to her temple. 'Then do it for me,' she said.”

Jodi Picoult book The Pact

Source: The Pact

“I was the one who pulled the trigger of this war.”

Igor Girkin (1970) Russian citizen from Moscow who played a significant role in the War in Donbass

About warfare against Ukraine in Donbas from April 2014

“Will you give the girl to me?" she said. "Will you let me try?"
He nodded, dizzy with relief. "Please, Willo. Please. Save her. It doesn't matter… what happens to me.”

Cinda Williams Chima (1952) Novelist

Source: The Gray Wolf Throne

“If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.”

H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) American journalist and writer

"Epitaph" from Smart Set (December 1921)
1920s

“To procreate is thus to engage in a kind of Russian roulette, but one in which the "gun" is aimed not at oneself but instead at one's oﬀspring. You trigger a new life and thereby subject that new life to the risk of unspeakable suﬀering.”

David Benatar (1966) South African philosopher

Source: Debating Procreation: Is It Wrong To Reproduce? (2015), p. 65

“And Kingsley being Kingsley, he smiled as he pretended to pull the trigger.”

Melissa de la Cruz book Revelations

Source: Revelations

“I know that if I ever have the audacity to blame fate or God for holding a gun to my temple, I also have the wherewithal to remind myself that if I end up with a hole in my head, I was the one who pulled the trigger.”

Tiffanie DeBartolo (1970) American writer

Source: How to Kill a Rock Star

“Please forgive me for finding something real and pure and trueSomebody is waiting for me”

Juliana Hatfield (1967) American guitarist/singer-songwriter and author

"Somebody Is Waiting For Me"
Beautiful Creature (2000)
Context: I never needed this
I never needed anyone
I meant every word that I said
It's true
I wasn't talking to you And I'm sorry that I must go so soon
Please forgive me for finding something real and pure and trueSomebody is waiting for me

“They say be careful who you believe,
Be careful who you trust.
Did you smile when you pulled the trigger
That dropped me in the dust?”

Tom Petty (1950–2017) American musician

Billy the Kid
Lyrics, Echo (1999)

“Please forgive me," Pleasant said, then aimed the gun at the girl and pulled the trigger.”

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