 When asked from where she draws consolation in the face of aging and death , Streep responded : " Consolation ? I 'm not sure I have it . I have a belief , I guess , in the power of the aggregate human attempt – the best of ourselves . In love and hope and optimism – you know , the magic things that seem inexplicable . Why we are the way we are . I do have a sense of trying to make things better . Where does that come from ? " 
