she , while still paused , realized that this must have been the end of so many lives of peoplethat this must be true in many ways for real people ; she considered what it means and what it takes for people to learn and how long it takes for what is learned to be passed onto others successfully ; she found it hard to fully accept and conceive of within herself even a small amount of the implications of thinking these things for even a few people that have lived when thinking about people and the changes as time has passed over yearswondering what it would mean if she could know all of the implications for all people who have lived .