"I don't know where my road is going, but I know that I walk better when I hold your hand.”

• Alfred de Musset

Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay ( 11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing the autobiographical novel La Confession d'un enfant du siècle (The Confession of a Child of the Century).