Sometimes you‘ll gain more insight by simply exploring what you feel as you read something opposed to only analyzing it. Language is not removed from our emotions, it carries them, transferring them through story.
It happens often that I watch a movie or read a book that I don't quite understand. It is only as I move on in life, i understand them. It's not just with things I don't understand but everything else as well.
I find myself interpreting the same sentence differently at different points in my life and i think it's absolutely beautiful.