“Remember, I don’t threaten. I don’t play. I always carry firearms. The truly violent are never without them.”
Part 8, Chapter 8 (pp. 181-182)
Fiction, The Female Man (1975)
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And he (Colonel Abu Taher) did not send any Mercy Petition and so what is there for me to do?
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[21 July 1976, http://www.nirmaaan.com/blog/anwarhossain/6165, মুক্তাঙ্গন, তাহেরের স্বপ্ন (পঞ্চম ও শেষ পর্ব), 2010-11-19]