Quotes About Hems

Don't fall. It seems we've struggled for so long. We've trampled on the backs of apes to clutch the muddied hems of angels.

The flowered trim on the hems [of the dress] seemed superfluous, even frivolous, but at the same time it comforted her, as though the idea that a seamstress had thought to adorn clothing so innocently implied that somewhere, innocence was safe.

I put the gold star up in the front window beside the flag. Alterations is what I know and what I did: hems, gussets and seams.