"Tukaj, v puščavah Zaliva, so naročili in uspešno zgradili zasebno goro. Na sto tisoče dreves in dvajset tisoče ton marmorja sestavlja goro Xanadu. Vsebina gradu Xanadu: slike, kipi, kamni iz številnih drugih palač – zbirka vsega, tako velika, da je ne bo nikoli mogoče katalogizirati ali oceniti; dovolj velika za deset muzejev, svetovni plen. Živa bitja Xanaduja: ptice nebeške, ribe morske, zveri udomačene in divje. Od vsake vrste po dva primerka; največji zasebni živalski vrt po Noetu. Tako kot faraoni tudi gospodar Xanaduja zapušča veliko kamenja, da bi označil svoje počivališče. Med piramidami je Xanadu najdražji spomenik, ki ga je človek zgradil samemu sebi."
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"Here, on the deserts of the Gulf coast, a private mountain was commissioned and successfully built. One hundred thousand trees, twenty thousand tons of marble are the ingredients of Xanadu’s mountain. Contents of Xanadu’s palace: paintings, pictures, statues, the very stones of many another palace – a collection of everything so big it can never be catalogued or appraised; enough for ten museums; the loot of the world. Xanadu’s livestock: the fowl of the air, the fish of the sea, the beast of the field and jungle. Two of each; the biggest private zoo since Noah. Like the Pharaohs, Xanadu’s landlord leaves many stones to mark his grave. Since the Pyramids, Xanadu is the costliest monument a man has built to himself."
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