Tucson Quotes

“In my own worst seasons I've come back from the colorless world of despair by forcing myself to look hard, for a long time, at a single glorious thing: a flame of red geranium outside my bedroom window. And then another: my daughter in a yellow dress. And another: the perfect outline of a full, dark sphere behind the crescent moon. Until I learned to be in love with my life again. Like a stroke victim retraining new parts of the brain to grasp lost skills, I have taught myself joy, over and over again(15).”
― Barbara Kingsolver, High Tide in Tucson

“...people outdoors here just scuttle in vectors from air conditioning to air conditioning. The sun is a hammer. I can feel one side of my face start to cook. The blue sky is glossy and fat with heat, a few thin cirri sheared to blown strands like hair at the rims.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

“We live in a society where interacting with government agents is a
potentially hazardous activity”
― Steven Magee

“At the age of 45, most days in Tucson were spent feeling like I was on the summit of Mauna Kea, as I was exhibiting debilitating health symptoms that corresponded to what I saw at very high altitude. I was later to find that I had erratic low blood oxygen levels after almost a decade of high altitude work.”
― Steven Magee

“In March 2020, the City of Tucson went into COVID-19 lockdown.”
― Steven Magee

“Once my medical center was aware that I was pursuing workers compensation for occupational disease, I found that they would no longer treat me. When I asked why, I was told that they do not accept workers compensation patients. It is one of the largest hospitals in Tucson, Arizona. I found myself in a medical no-man’s land where I could not get on-going treatment from my established medical center.”
― Steven Magee

“Steven Magee’s body behaves as if it is permanently above 10,000 feet and causes chronic daily altitude sickness, even though he lives in Tucson, Arizona, USA.”
― Steven Magee

“As the 5G wireless radiation system was slowly being installed in Tucson, Arizona, USA, I started to lose over the air television reception. The more transmitters that were installed, the worse the reception became.”
― Steven Magee

“By the time COVID-19 reached Tucson, Arizona, USA, it was springtime flowering season with 74 degrees warm and sunny days.”
― Steven Magee

“By mid-March 2020 in Tucson, Arizona, USA, the schools were closed due to COVID-19.”
― Steven Magee

“Many people in Tucson, Arizona, USA, do not realize that they are living atop a 2,400’ mountain.”
― Steven Magee

“In March 2020, hospitals in Tucson were using social media to beg for essential supplies.”
― Steven Magee

“The Green Party was not available in Tucson, so I voted Democrat because Black Lives Matter.”
― Steven Magee

“I am allergic to the altitude of Tucson, Arizona, USA.”
― Steven Magee

“My allergies completely disappeared after moving to Hawaii. I had suspected Tucson was causing them, as much of the pollen is coming from cactus, which I know I have no genetic adaptation to. Numerous people report the development of seasonal allergies when they start living in Tucson. It is a known aspect of living there for many.”
― Steven Magee, Magee’s Disease

“By March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had arrived in Tucson. It was well known by this point that it was very infectious and in some cases, fatal. A virus that could cause pneumonia to occur in both lungs that required a lung ventilator to treat it and they were in very short supply.”
― Steven Magee, Magee’s Disease

“I lived in Tucson for fifteen years and was sickly the entire time!”
― Steven Magee, Magee’s Disease

“Many people that come to Tucson develop allergies after living there for a prolonged period of time.”
― Steven Magee, Hypoxia, Mental Illness & Chronic Fatigue

“Altitude hypersensitivity had me in a permanent state of chronic mountain sickness at 2,400 feet in Tucson until I moved to near sea level.”
― Steven Magee, Hypoxia, Mental Illness & Chronic Fatigue

“It was just bizarre how the dysfunctional medical system was working in Tucson!”
― Steven Magee