How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Narrator.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Their birth protects them," Cersei admitted, "though not as much as you'd think. Each one's worth a good ransom, but after the madness of battle, soldiers often seem to want flesh more than coin." (61.Sansa.15)
Society's upper-class members are generally valued because of their ability to use money to help society function or, in this case, make excellent ransom victims. But Cersei notes that during the heat of battlem their social value becomes equal to everyone else's. Perhaps this passage is suggesting that war is the great equalizer, in a horrible kind of way.