Orson Scott CardBut it was not the boyish grin she had known when he bounded along the low-gravity inner corridors of Battle School. This smile had weariness in it, and old fears long mastered but still present. It was the smile of wisdom.
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In the book Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, Ender Wiggin, a brilliant child prodigy, is taken from Earth to Battle School because he is the only one who can save humanity from an alien invasion. Ender has been taught to fight until the last minute and that if he falls then he should just get up and keep fighting. The quote above is a perfect example of what it means to have a boyish grin. Ender has grown up. He understands that there are always going to be times when you fall but he will always get back up and fight again.
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