How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Narrator.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"Got no such man here," Yoren shouted back. "Only some lads for the Watch. Got no part o' your war." He hoisted up the staff, so they could all see the color of his cloak. "Have a look. That's black, for the Night's Watch."
"Or black for House Dondarrion," called the man who bore the enemy banner. (15.Arya.62-63)
Yoren certainly isn't the first character to argue he has no stake in this war, and he certainly won't be the last. Yet the consequences of the war will reverberate within each character's story, regardless of his or her personal stake in it. With that said, it might take a few books before those reverberations reach Dany or Jon Snow.
Quote #5
They are still unblooded, Catelyn thought as she watched Lord Bryce goad Ser Robar into juggling a brace of daggers. It is all a game to them still, a tourney writ large, and all they see is the chance for glory and honor and spoils. They are boys drunk on song and story, and like all boys, they think themselves immortal. (23.Catelyn.104)
The "song and story" here would be the modern day equivalent of movies and video games that promote war glorification. You know the idea: War is exciting and will make you a total man-bro… or whatever.
Quote #6
"The kettle is close to boiling. So many thieves and murderers are abroad that no man's house is safe, the bloody flux is spreading in the stews along Pisswater Bend, there's no food to be had for copper nor silver. Where before you heard only mutterings from the gutter, now there's open talk of treason in guildhalls and markets." (42.Tyrion.98)
One of the many effects of war explored in A Clash of Kings is its drain on resources. Soldiers need to be fed, armed, and armored, and don't even get us started on the catapults and horses. But these resources don't emerge from a magical void, and the drain they cause has created serious inflation issues.