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: Essays from Now or Never

“Thieves? A twinge of panic shot through her. Dabbing at the fever-induced perspiration beading across her forehead, she wondered vaguely why the air conditioning wasn't blowing full-force on this hot September afternoon. Then she realized it was.”
― Cricket Rohman, Wanted: An Honest Man

“...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

“The entire time I lived at altitude in Tucson, Arizona, USA, I was never healthy.”
― Steven Magee, Pandemic Supplements

“They have a science fair in Tucson, Arizona, USA. The media showed the kids with glowing blue Tesla coils! I was thinking to myself" They do not know Nikola Tesla went crazy!!! ".”
― Steven Magee

“I lived in Pima County, Arizona, USA, and observed problems with their sheriff’s.”
― Steven Magee

“I had to call 911 numerous times regarding strange unidentified utility company workers at my home. The utility company harassment of me continued to elevate with each 911 call. It ultimately concluded with an illegal disconnection of my electrically air-conditioned home from the electrical grid for several days in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Despite repeatedly reporting the ongoing utility company harassment to the Pima County Sheriff, no one was ever prosecuted by them. This set of toxic incidents is what prompted me to become a police corruption researcher.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Electricity