“And I had no regrets about the way I turned out. Regrets about the journey, maybe, but not about the destination.”

—  Nicholas Sparks , book Dear John

Variant: I knew my father had done the best he could, and I had no regrets about the way I'd turned out. Regrets about journey, maybe, but not the destination.
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