My youth was suddenly gone up the water-spout, and – I met you. You said you needed somebody. Well, I needed somebody, too. I thanked God for you, because you seemed to be gentle – a cleft in the rock of the world that I could hide in!
– Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene 9. Blanche’s metaphor of Mitch being "a cleft in the rock of the world" shows how much she is dependent on a man to protect her. Even after he turns up to confront her and accuse her of lying to him, she desperately wants Mitch to be her savior.