In the nursery rhyme, Humpty Dumpty sits on a wall, but he falls off and breaks into pieces.

Atticus Finch compares Tom Robinson's trial to an egg, saying that it is "a simple thing, like an egg. You can't tell what's inside until you break it open."

In the poem, the speaker compares the egg to a mirror, saying that it is "a mirror to our eyes, / A riddle that we can't untwist."

Jay Gatsby keeps a collection of eggs in his library, which symbolizes his desire to repeat the past and recapture the lost love of his life, Daisy Buchanan.

Hamlet compares his mother's remarriage to a bird laying an egg, saying that it is "a beast that wants discourse of reason, / A bawd that wants money, / A beggar that wants pity."

Holden Caulfield calls the people who are "phonies" "eggs", because he believes that they are empty and superficial.

The speaker compares the resurrection of Jesus Christ to a bird hatching from an egg, saying that "The egg cracks open, and the bird / Flies out into the air, / And so the risen Christ, my Lord, / Breaks from His tomb in air."

The Buendía family keeps a collection of eggs in a chest, which symbolizes the family's history and the cyclical nature of life.

Nina Zarechnaya compares herself to a seagull, saying that she is "a free bird, and I can fly wherever I want."

Gollum calls the One Ring "my precious", because it is the most important thing in his life.

In the novel, the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42.

The speaker compares the universe to an egg, saying that it is "a vast and shadowy sphere, / With nothing visible around, / Save the stars, like a swarm of fire-flies, / That twinkle in the dark profound."

Holden Caulfield calls the people who are "phonies" "eggs", because he believes that they are empty and superficial.

Jay Gatsby keeps a collection of eggs in his library, which symbolizes his desire to repeat the past and recapture the lost love of his life, Daisy Buchanan.

Hamlet compares his mother's remarriage to a bird laying an egg, saying that it is "a beast that wants discourse of reason, / A bawd that wants money, / A beggar that wants pity."