"the best that you can hope for, Bapu ... ... "

"the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep." 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj4nJ1YEAp4&index=17&list=RDxvZeYDBY4fw

" ... ... made a life outta readin' people's faces
knowin' what the cards were
by the way they held their eyes ... ... "

so that was not .to be. for, today in y1948,
Mr Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi  ... ... this day back when

"You got to know when to hold 'em.
Know when to fold 'em.

... ... the secret to survivin' ... ...

Know what to throw away.
Know what to keep."

And most importantly for one's survival,
let alone, her immediate happiness by when ... ...
... ... "Know when to run."

I didn't.
I didn't know either, Gandhiji.
I did not know when to run.