“He can cook?""In a manner of speaking," Mrs. Treadwell said, cheerfully."What manner of speaking is that?”

“If you live in such a manner as to stand the test of the last judgment, you can depend upon it that the world will not speak well of you.”

“There's a manner of speaking you use while lawyering. A manner as affected and rife with artifice as your average campaign speech, with a similar fear of offending.”

“He advocated that all who follow Jesus are priests, not just the official clergy. Much of what he said made sense, as did his kind manner. But why was he here now? Had this persecuted recluse emerged just to speak to me?”

“Luz's manner of speaking made it clear that she had no idea what she might say next. It wasn't that she made things up, strictly speaking--only that facts were merely a point of departure for her.”

“In these times I don't, in a manner of speaking, know what I want; perhaps I don't want what I know and want what I don't know.”