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Robert A. Heinlein's "Future History" novels are some of his best loved (and more controversial) work.
Tracing the search for long life across many years, they mainly centre around Lazarus Long, who eventually becomes the oldest living human, at over 2000 years of age.
The books look at both the benefits and downsides of living so long.
The quote in question is from "Time Enough for Love" which was first published in 1973.
Although it was shortlisted for several prestigious awards, it failed to win any of them.
The book takes the form of a retrospective memoir, when Long has tired of life, finding nothing to interest him anymore. He agrees to tell stories to a friend, and the main part of the book is a series of these memories, with chapters spread across his two millennia of life.
Heinlein's work was dogged by controversy; in particular the Future History novels were frowned upon for their portrayal of various unorthodox sexual relationships between the characters.
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