Bhavna Rai

Once you stop looking, things find you.

Do you ever discover a word you love and immediately need to write a chapter just so you can use it? #WritingCommunity #amwriting #musings

The problem in The Devil Wears Prada 2 was that there was no Devil and no Prada (1 sec scene in Galleria Vittorio doesn’t count. LV was there too). Needed more of Emily Blunt and Simone Ashley. Still a decent watch overall. Callbacks to first movie were good #thedevilwearsprada2

People don't realize that we are a star to other planets. 8 billion people. 195 countries. 7 continents. Reduced to a single dot, in someone else's sky. Stop scrolling and realize where you are right now.

“𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴, 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶.” —𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘙.𝘙. 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯, 𝘈 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴

Getting rejections is still better than leaving your manuscript to mold in a desk drawer, or worse, never even writing it in the first place.

My #BestDressed from the #MetGala Zoe Kravitz, Daisy Edgar Jones, Chase Infiniti, Alexa Chung, Rachel Ziegler, Hoyeon, Naomi Watts, Ejae, Karlie Klass, Emma Chamberlain & Tessa Thompson #fashionpolice

My #WorstDressed from the #MetGala Cardi B, Blake Lively, Heidi Klum, Serena Williams, Gwendoline Christie, Kylie Jenner, Emily Blunt, Hailey Bieber, Miranda Kerr, Olivia Wilde, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Naomi Osaka, Sza & Angela Bassett #FashionPolice

My #PrettyButCouldveDoneBetter from the #MetGala Margot Robbie, Gigi Hadid, Kim Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Kate Moss, Gracie Abrams, Carey Mulligan, Suki Waterhouse, Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried & Cara Delevingne #fashionpolice

My #DidntLoveIt from the #MetGala Beyoncé, Rihanna, Nicole Kidman, Anne Hathaway, Teyana Taylor, Simone Ashley, Lily Rose Depo, Sabrina Carpenter, Louisa Jacobson, Sarah Paulson, Madonna, Katy Perry, Irina Shayk & Alyssa Lou #fashionpolice

Never judge a book by its movie....

The phrase, “Don’t take this the wrong way” has a 0% success rate.

“But we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever.” ― Haruki Murakami

true devastation is buying a whole book series and then hating the first book

Gargoyles reading books

I will never understand the people that believe writing isn't work.

“If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid one hundred days of sorrow.” — Chinese Proverb

Read this the other day and loved it. There are only two people you need to worry about making proud of you. Your eight year old self. And your eighty year old self. #life #musings

Did you know “astronaut” is Greek for “star sailor” Ancient Greek: ástron, meaning "star," and nautes, meaning "sailor"

When you read back your own book and spend 90% of the time thinking ‘how on earth did I come up with this stuff’