A black clerical collar with a white tab rests on a red velvet cushion beside a pink carnation.

Original artwork, not a still

Anna Riley

I’ve seen the way women look at you, even though they know you’re a priest – especially when they know actually.

— Keeping the Faith · 2000

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker teases that women notice and respond to someone even though they know his vocation, and even more once they know it. The humour is in the twist at the end: the priesthood, expected to deter attention, seems to attract it.

Context reviewed

Share this quote