[xm177e2]

I've never read anything by Rand, but it seems to me that 'reading between the lines', is inherently subjective. Wouldn't someone view the 'lines' as objective, and the 'space' between them, subjective? Please clarify.

No, "reading between the lines" means to step back from the text, ignore the fancy rhetoric, and look at the actual structure of what is being said for hints of irony, sarcasm, or dishonesty. It is a check to see if the facts of what is being said match up with the tone.

[stuartcr]

It would seem that if you look for 'hints' in what an author said, that is pretty subjective, as opposed to the actual text. Suppose the 'hints' that you see, aren't what the author meant?