The Robots of Dawn (Robot #3)

by Isaac Asimov

History was interesting to the extent that it was catastrophic and, while that might make absorbing viewing, it made horrible living.

I think that human beings—even Aurorans—will always be eager to make distinctions and to preserve their own humanity.”

The robot had no feelings, only positronic surges that mimicked those feelings. (And perhaps human beings had no feelings, only neuronic surges that were interpreted as feelings.)